iOS Photography App – Impossible Project – Major Update
As you all know we’re working much closer with the Imposible Project team and we’re delighted to inform our readers of their first major update to their app. Designed in collaboration with Berlin-based developers, nxtbgthng, the free iOS app enables users to transform any digital photo stored on an iPod Touch and iPhone 4s, 5, 5s and 5c into a Polaroid-type analog instant picture via the new Impossible Instant Lab.
But it also offers so much more, not least that there will soon also be an Android version – due for release mid 2014.
Here are 6 things you probably didn’t know about the Impossible Project app:
It Puts An Impossible Shop in Your Pocket…
The in-app shop allows you to browse and purchase directly from your phone Impossible’s entire range of instant films for Polaroid-type SX-70, 600, Spectra/Image and 8 x 10, as well as the classic, refurbished Polaroid cameras and their own Impossible Instant Lab, no matter where you are.
… And The Impossible Gallery Too
Impossible’s entire global community, along with your own Impossible Gallery, is now at your fingertips. You can upload and share your instant photos, as well as discover, ‘like’, and comment on images from users around the world. Thanks to improvements in the design, the Gallery is more fluid, intuitive and fun experience, and interaction with others is easier than ever.
It Brings Your Impossible Profile to Life
With Impossible’s push notifications. you won’t miss another ‘like’, comment, upcoming event or news from a friend, follower or the wider Impossible world. You can browse data about followers and their photos (and your own).
It’s A Portable Scanner
No time to digitise your instant photographs on a bulky desktop scanner? The app’s Scanner function means you can scan and crop your images perfectly with your phone.
It Puts Impossible’s Online Competitions in Your Pocket
Each month, Impossible run international instant photography competitions that offer a range of exciting prizes. The app makes them easy to enter.
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)
