Nokia Lumia 1020 Joins Award Winning National Geographic Photographer Stephen Alvarez
Nokia today announced a unique storytelling assignment, with award-winning photographer Stephen Alvarez exploring and documenting breath-taking areas of South West America using the Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone. Boasting advance imaging technologies like 41 megapixels, ZEISS optics and optimised image stabilization – these incredible images demonstrate the revolutionary power of the world’s best smartphone camera.
Stephen Alvarez quote:
“What the Nokia Lumia 1020 does astounds me. Getting these results from a smartphone, at magazine resolution, is stunning,” said Alvarez. “I’ve used a lot of smartphones, so when I set out on this assignment I had my doubts. My doubts are gone. There’s never been anything even remotely like it.”
Nokia Executive quote:
“National Geographic is renowned for its iconic and innovative approach to content, making them the perfect partner to inspire people to take their photography to the next level. The pictures are stunning.” Said Tuula Rytila, SVP, Marketing, Nokia.
An image from the shoot will feature on the inside front cover of National Geographic magazine’s 125th Anniversary Collector’s Edition, out on September 15th.
A selection of images has been attached. To see the full set of 25 images, including a video taken on the Nokia Lumia 1020 which demonstrates the phone’s zoom capabilities, visit: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/nokia
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
2 Comments
Gerry Coe
Joanne, something wrong with the link to Nokia article, I get a 404 page. Gerry
Joanne Carter
oh gosh, thank you Gerry, will double check that – thank you x