Tickle Your Fancy – #5 – NSFW
Welcome back to our fifth post in our new section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’. We launched this five weeks ago and it’s already becoming very popular. ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ includes a round-up of five links to articles from around the internet that have specifically interested us during the course of the week. Ones that we feel are relevant to your interest in photography and art.
Just to explain the title for this section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ is an English idiom and essentially means that something appeals to you and perhaps stimulates your imagination in an enthusiastic way, we felt it would make a great title for this new section of the site.
Take a look at our selections for this weekends reading session, hope you enjoy these…
©Ren Hang
The Art of Taboo – Ren Hang
A wonderful interview with radical Chinese artist Ren Hang who manages to ‘desexualise’ photographed naked bodies.
Tim Hetherington British Photographic Exhibition Opens Today
Tim Hetherington died in the Libyan civil war in 2011, he was a fabulous photographer with a ‘gift for putting people at ease’. He described himself as an ‘image maker’ rather than a traditional war photographer and he was more than happy to use mobile photography in his work to capture intimate moments.
Troi Anderson
A focus on Troi Anderson a fine art, documentary and commercial photographer and of his image ‘Healing Ceremony’ which reflects, Espirtismo, the practice of communcation with ancestral spirits through trance possession, found throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.
ASMP Warns Photographers About New Facebook ToS
The American Society of Photographers feels you should be ‘wary of planned changes on Facebook’ – interesting read and one to be aware of.
Mum Allows Her 4 Year Old To Complete Her Drawings & Finalises A Brilliant Series
Mica Angela Hendricks is an Illustrator, graphic artist and mother. Her 4 year old daughter decided to share her sketch book, and despite Mica’s hesitancy she was delighted with the outcome.
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)
One Comment
Laurence zankowski
Joanne,
Great series. This selection is the most powerful so far. I photographed those heading into conflict as part of my duties at an airbase. Some came back in caskets. All came back changed.
The four year old work probably opens up so much more, can not wait to see other parents doing this and then have a huge show online of the work. So inspiring. No self conscious inhibitions with the 4 yr old. We should be so open when we create as adults.
Be well
Laurence
p.s. the ASMP section should be posted everywhere. Get off Facebook!