You don’t need a video camera to make films: simply use one of the huge number (estimates range from 2 – 4 million in the UK) of CCTV cameras.

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That film was made by hijacking CCTV cameras. A group of young kids bought some relatively cheap and small devices which can sniff out signals broadcast by wireless CCTV networks. Using the surveillance images captured, the kids then created their own. Not only is it a great way of making free videos, it’s also a comment on the ubiquitous surveillance which is now an invisible part of all our lives. Have a look at MediaShed for more information on the form and how to make it.

Nor do you need a camera to make photographic images. Google street view has, since 2007, photographed street views of cities and urban areas in over 30 countries and is still crawling around streets taking high definition images in places as far apart as Israel, Lativa and Peru. Those images are now being used by photographers to produce landscape photographs such as this from Aaron Hobson:

If you want to follow up how Google street view has been the focus for a number of art projects, this article from Wired is a good place to start.