BACKYARD: A Global Mobile Photography open call for Head On Photo Festival 2013
Our Columnist Michael Baranovic, along with Oliver Lang have partnered with Head On Photo Festival and are inviting photographers from all around the world to submit mobile phone photographs on the theme of Backyard. The deadline for submissions is 12 Midnight Sunday 28 April 2013. They will select 30 winning photographs that will then go on to be exhibited in the historic Superintendent’s Residence in Sydney’s public Centennial Park. The exhibition will run from May 17 to June 24.
Submissions can only be made through the official Backyard page: www.mobilephotonetwork.com/backyard
A one off entry fee of $10 allows photographers to submit up to five mobile photos for consideration. The judges will be looking for both strong individual images and for sets of photos related to the theme. Judges include:
• Head On Festival Director Moshe Rosenzveig
• MPN founders and mobile photographers Oliver Lang and Misho Baranovic
• Sydney-based fine art photographer Garry Trinh.
Photographs selected for exhibition will be shown along with the photographer’s social media contact information to enable the viewer to directly interact with the exhibited photographers.
For all media enquiries please contact Misho Baranovic:
P: +61 402 621 042 E: mobilephotonetwork@gmail.com
For Head On Photo Festival media enquiries contact Amanda, Rebecca or Libby @6dc
P: (02) 9280 1600 M: 0418 262 282 E: amanda@6dc.com
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)
