Going digital

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Ocean Dome, Miyazaki, Japan, 1997 (Martin Parr) swissinfo.ch

Shooting pictures of Pope John Paul II (Keystone) swissinfo.ch

Fighting in Palestine (Keystone) swissinfo.ch

Fans at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Keystone) swissinfo.ch

Pope Benedict XVI at the World Youth Days in Germany (Keystone) swissinfo.ch

The Palestinian conflict (Keystone) swissinfo.ch

Lebanon, September 2006 (Keystone) swissinfo.ch

Youngsters using their mobile phones as cameras (Keystone) Keystone

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Focusing on amateur photographers.

With the arrival of digital photography, amateurs seem to be competing with professionals. Lausanne’s Elysée Museum asked snappers in 2007 to send in their pictures. As this gallery shows, the digital image trend has become so noticeable that professional photographers are now taking pictures of the amateurs.