Observed arrival · 2026-10-30
Berlin 2003–2010: A Camera-Phone Life Before Instagram
A digital diary site presents cinematographer Tomas Erhart’s camera-phone documentation of life in Berlin from 2003 to 2010, alongside information about a forthcoming book.
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- Readers interested in Berlin, photography and early camera-phone culture
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- The homepage describes an around-the-clock diary made with a first camera phone, emphasizing blur, color shifts and digital noise over photographic polish.
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The homepage frames the project as an obsessive, 24/7 record made with Erhart’s first camera phone, covering both street life and private social scenes. It presents blur, color shifts and digital noise as part of the archive’s approach, rather than defects to correct. The site also points to a “First Look” section, though the extracted text does not show what that preview contains.
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