The rise of the camera-phone

A copy of the Mona Lisa photographed by people using mobile phones in downtown Tokyo Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/guardian.co.uk A man uses a cell phone to photograph a burnt-out bus following an attack in Sao Paulo, July 13, 2006 Photograph: Caetano Barreira/guardian.co.uk Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian who attempted to carry out a terrorist attack on a flight to Detroit, is captured on a camera-phone Photograph: guardian.co.uk A tourist takes a photo of a beluga whale with her mobile phone at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, Japan Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/guardian.co.uk President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama smile as they walk into the Biden Home States Ball and have hundreds of cameras and cellphones directed at them during an inauguration ball on January 20, 2009 Photograph: Robert Nickelsberg/guardian.co.uk Adam Stacey's self portrait during the London terrorist attacks on7th July 2005, as he escaped from a train into a smoke filled tunnel. Photograph: Adam Stacey/guardian.co.uk Afghan women take pictures with their mobile phones at an election gathering wait for the Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kandahar on August 16, 2009 Photograph: Banars Khan/guardian.co.uk New Yorkers capture steam erupting from the site of an explosion at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 41st Street in July 2007 Photograph: Chip East/guardian.co.uk Actor Nicolas Cage greets fans during a promotional event for the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets Photograph: Michael Caronna / Reuters/guardian.co.uk The crowd at Edinburgh's Live 8 concert, July 2005 Photograph: guardian.co.uk A woman captures the Summer Palace in Beijing Photograph: guardian.co.uk Paul McCartney snaps away from his front row seat at daughter Stella's autum/winter 2009 show during Paris Fashion Week Photograph: guardian.co.uk