Funny, if she liked her Canon G9 (I "like" my G9 and G10 so far), why did she not pick one up at the duty free (G11), instead it's malfunction became the attention grabber, the hook of the article, fair enough.
Under the right conditions, and it would behoove you to know what those are, you can get quite acceptable results from almost any disposable camera, even the recycled ones, (not terrible difficult to do if you avoid the capacitors in the flash circuit). The latitude of the film is pretty good, the processing C41 and RA4 are almost bullet proof, but you would have to give up the degree of control most of us prefer when the camera is not pre-set.
I hear folks on vacation all the time talk about how amazed they are that disposable cameras with film even work, as if the technology of film was somehow turned off in the "digital" age, even though their highest aspiration is a 4x6" print.
Am surprised she did not use the camera in her cell phone. ;-)
I always pack my Czech Pionyr or my M8 with pinhole attachment for my back up to the Canons G series. ;-) The Pionyr is multiformat, if someone has not lost the inserts.
Who does not have at least one P&S spare camera of some sort?
Bit gimmicky, and fluff, but she got attention. Am sure the woman buying Tampons was happy to see that reported along with her portrait published. Pity the box was not in the frame. The photos are better than the writing. As to not worrying about losing her camera, I think most photographers worry as much about losing their film or flash drives as much as losing a camera. She also intimated that everyone who shoots chimps on every shot, detracting from the process. Again, fluff.
I did shoot a roll with my Avatar when I bought it in Prague, wanted to make sure it worked, and I did get change from my $8000 bill in my pocket, I just set it for ten feet, 1/100 or so and some crazy early Leica f stop close to f/11.
Don't care much for the Bokeh though from her shots, mine were superior only in that regard. ;-)
Regards, John