Is Mobile Photography Underrated?
Well, so say all of us it is, here at theappwhisperer.com we’ve been advocating it for many years now. Award winning photographer Benjamin Lowy will be Judging the Head On Mobile competition, that we just mentioned here – as well as that he will be hosting a workshop in Sydney for the event.
He began his career covering the Iraq War in 2003. Since then he has covered major stories worldwide, including the wars in Afghanistan and Darfur, the Libyan Uprising, the Haitian Earthquake and Hurricane Katrina. At the moment Ben is in Sochi photographing the Winter Olympics. Whatever the event, Ben isn’t afraid of using a mobile phone to capture extraordinary images. Not convinced? Do Ben’s workshop!
“If you believe that Hipstamatic and Instagram could inspire tens of millions of people to become more interested in ‘serious’ photography, then think of Mr Lowy as a prophet urging others to abandon out-dated and elitist ways. If, on the other hand, you believe that iPhone photography — and the Hipstamatic app, in particular — are the work of the Devil, then you can think of Mr Lowy as his messenger.” James Estrin, New York Times
We’ll be publishing more details about this workshop very soon…
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
Chris Monty
Nothing irks me more when I show someone one of my iPhone photos than when they say, “Too bad you didn’t have a nice SLR with you.” No, it’s too bad you can’t appreciate a great photo for the beautiful piece of art that it is. The best camera is the one you have on you.
Carlos
One of the comments I get often is, ” Oh it is just an iPad”.
It must be my age that I find the iPad to be a remarkable device. But for many people it is such a common sight that they do not appreciate the amount of work and technology invested in these devices. Regardless, it doesn’t make any difference. Those people do not read this website because are not interested in mobile device photography. For me it’s all about the experience that comes with capturing images with whatever camera I have in my hand whether it be a mobile device or a fancy DSLR.