What was it like?
Gardner: Usually, I feel like my camera is an extension of my hand. The iPhone was even more liberating: I was talking with subjects while shooting, and it kept everything really conversational and loose.
Graydon: I’ve been a photographer for about 20 years, and I’ve been through 8×10 cameras, film—you name it. In the past, the bigger and scarier-looking the camera you pulled out, the more intense and professional you looked. Now, you have to let go of the ego you attach to the tool, and the iPhone is the ultimate expression of that.
Haas: People eating at Milktooth thought I was a tourist gone rogue who was sneaking into the kitchen to take photos.
Opperman: I felt like a creep, because people didn’t know I was shooting this on assignment, so they were like, “Why is this crazy lady taking so many pictures of me waiting on line?” On the street, when someone points a camera at you, you’re like, “What am I doing wrong? Why is this person taking pictures of me?”