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"Cian O'Donovan is not a photojournalist," intones today's Times, "but when he heard about the subway bombings not far from his home in London, he decided to try to photograph them." Huh? Wha? Really? Yes, Virginia, it's true: non-photogs can take photos.

Online photo-sharing sites and Web blogs began chronicling the attacks soon after they occurred, posting material often gathered before professional news organizations arrived on the scenes. ...

The attacks were not the first recorded by witnesses with cellphone and other digital cameras. Online experts like operators of photography sites and photography agencies said the pictures of the explosions were posted in greater numbers and with greater speed than they had seen in other major events.

Well, if experts say so.

(Actually, it may be a duh! article, but it does have links to reader-submitted photo archives at the BBC and, natch, Flickr, which are worth taking a look at.)

Witnesses Post Instant Photos to Web [NYT]
London Explosions: Your Photos [BBC]
7/7 Community Pool [Flickr]