Roger Guetta – Reporting From The Mobile Arts Festival, Santa Monica, CA – Updated – August 17, 2012
As many of our readers will be aware The Mobile Arts Festival in Santa Monica will soon be starting, on August 18, 2012. We know many of you are en route but for those that are only going in spirit, we wanted to share this. Our great friend and brilliant iPhone photographer Roger Guetta is already at the event, ahead of schedule. We are chronicling his thoughts and images along the way of this absolutely fantastic event.
Here are some images and comments from Roger’s special LAMAF Facebook page. We will be talking to him in greater detail very soon, keep checking back for that.
‘Working on my Visionaries’ – Roger Guetta
Here’s Roger, Hard At It
‘Just came in and the work is a happennin’
‘Loooooooong walls ‘o’ ART’
Loooooooong walls ‘o’ ART
Waiting to be animated!
Here’s One Of Roger
Latest Images From Roger Guetta At The LAMAF Preps
More Prep Images – August 17, 2012
Latest News From Roger – Live – August 16, 2012
‘The airport hangar on Airport Avenue is buzzing with activity. Trucks delivering, the crew actively hanging, techies tweaking, Nate running from the venue to other downtown *event* sites, Daria juggling the monumental tasks of delegating, configuring and cheer leading. It is a hive of *artful* activity!!’
Roger Has Landed
Roger touched down in Santa Monica yesterday and obviously enjoyed the sights!
Batch #1 – Crunch Time – *The work begins to go up* Aug. 16, 2012
Roger is delighted with how the work is being respected, his latest post explains, ‘Everyone here is organized and respect is being shown to the works by having them categorized and then systematically placing them in dynamic configurations. Way to go Daria and TEAM!!!’
Art ‘o’ Floor
Plenty of brilliant work still be attended to, can you spot yours?
Getting ’em up!!
Here they go, artwork is going up on the walls.
Nettie’s installation gettin’ done!
Nettie Edwards installation being prepared.
Mannequin madness, you say?
Awesome mannequin’s.
Theatre sets create dramatic movement!
Waiting to be animated!
The long road home!
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
