VIEW – A New Photography Magazine for the iPad
VIEW is an art photography magazine developed exclusively for the visual possibilities of the iPad by the multimedia design studio FusionLab. Curated by FusionLab partner, photographer Alon Koppel, VIEW features little-known photographers from around the world, most of whose work was discovered online. VIEW’s inaugural issue launched in March 2011 and the second issue has now been released. Fueled by FusionLab’s passion for communicating through images, VIEW presents "photography as we see it."
VIEW takes full advantage of the iPad’s unique format and ability to display images with stunning clarity and enthralling interactivity. The Adobe Publishing Suite allows a layout that is visually gorgeous and easy to use – a brilliant partnership of form and function.
VIEW’s first issue launched to great response in March 2011, with enthusiastic feedback and over 6,000 copies downloaded, an impressive number for an unknown start-up backed by almost no PR.
Issues of VIEW are not curated around a theme. Rather, FusionLab seeks to gather an eclectic range of good photography spanning the globe. VIEW #2 is truly sweeping in scope, presenting the bold New York City street photography of Todd Gross; Mark Powell’s vibrant Mexico photos; Australian artist David Thomas’ series of painting on photos; and Satoshi Sakurai’s powerful photos of Fukushima.
There are also photos of the wall dividing Israel and Palestine as seen (and decorated) from the Palestinian side; wonderful photographs taken through The Modern Story, a program that gives underserved children in India cameras to document their world; and SPANA’s pictures of the developing-world’s beasts-of-burden, the cause that the organization helps support and bring awareness to.
"In a world where most photography magazines are either about megapixels or very expensive and/or hard to find, VIEW is a truly refreshing idea …. The presentation and built-in offline access is just perfect."
Inside VIEW you will find:
* Views, a portfolio of mostly unsung, talented photographers, many of whom were found on the web and whose passion for looking at their worlds is exciting
* Projects, highlights of photographers’ long-term assignments and projects
* Quotes, writings on the subject of photography
* While You Were Away, explorations of places of conflict around the world through the unique perspective of those on the ground with cameras
* Overview, an information-graphics map displaying stats about the issue’s contributors as well as links to their websites
* Ways to connect with VIEW
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter, creator of the world’s most popular mobile photography and art website— TheAppWhisperer.com— TheAppWhisperer platform has been a pivotal cyberspace for mobile artists of all abilities to learn about, to explore, to celebrate and to share mobile artworks. Joanne’s compassion, inclusivity, and humility are hallmarks in all that she does, and is particularly evident in the platform she has built. In her words, “We all have the potential to remove ourselves from the centre of any circle and to expand a sphere of compassion outward; to include everyone interested in mobile art, ensuring every artist is within reach”, she has said. Promotion of mobile artists and the art form as a primary medium in today’s art world, has become her life’s focus. She has presented lectures bolstering mobile artists and their art from as far away as the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea to closer to her home in the UK at Focus on Imaging. Her experience as a jurist for mobile art competitions includes: Portugal, Canada, US, S Korea, UK and Italy. And her travels pioneering the breadth of mobile art includes key events in: Frankfurt, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Paris, Brazil, London. Pioneering the world’s first mobile art online gallery - TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com has extended her reach even further, shipping from London, UK to clients in the US, Europe and The Far East to a global group of collectors looking for exclusive art to hang in their homes and offices. The online gallery specialises in prints for discerning collectors of unique, previously unseen signed limited edition art. Her journey towards becoming The App Whisperer, includes (but is not limited to) working for a paparazzi photo agency for several years and as a deputy editor for a photo print magazine. Her own freelance photographic journalistic work is also widely acclaimed. She has been published extensively both within the UK and the US in national and international titles. These include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Popular Photography & Imaging, dpreview, NikonPro, Which? and more recently with the BBC as a Contributor, Columnist at Vogue Italia and Contributing Editor at LensCulture. Her professional photography has also been widely exhibited throughout Europe, including Italy, Portugal and the UK. She is currently writing several books, all related to mobile art and is always open to requests for new commissions for either writing or photography projects or a combination of both. Please contact her at: [email protected]
