One improvement that media (photography and video) has brought to our lives is the ability for common members of the public to record and spread information and to create art with a low barrier to entry. Before the advent of photography, the art world was a heavily gated community, and reserved for very few media like drawing and painting. The ability for anyone to take a picture in modern times has made it so everyone has the ability to make art. Although much of the artwork generated by iPhone photography and videography in the general public will be rather hastily put together, many of these works of art could nonetheless be inspirational for many people, especially if they are able to see that someone they know was able to create artwork. This inspiration has likely reached many more people with significant artistic and scientific potential than it would have if the ability to create art was reserved for those who proved themselves to the institutional art world.