‘Impossible’ Article with Brenda Vaiani’s Head and Hands
We’re delighted to be working closer with The Impossible Project team as we continue to branch out and expand our reach with all things related to mobile photography. Analog post-processing of mobile images is becoming more and more popular and we’re going to make sure our readers are fully briefed on this very exciting development.
The Impossible Project is in many ways leading the way, but there is also a growing community of mobile artists and photographers experimenting with other analog post processing techniques in an attempt to make their mobile images stand out even more, in galleries, magazines and the like and we have viewed some outstanding images and techniques.
We have a new section dedicated to alternative processing techniques, you can find it here. We also have a new Flickr group where you can upload your post processed, anthotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, cyanotypes and more – see here.
Today we are publishing the thirteenth of a series of ‘Impossible’ articles, this time with Brenda Vaiani’s head and hands! Brenda Vaiani was born in Florence, Italy in 1991. She studied photography at the Libera Accademia di Belle Arti (L.A.B.A) of Florence. In 2014 she has been awarded with the “RUNNER UP prize” at the Life Framer contest, with exhibition in London and Switzerland. “I could say a lot of things but the simple truth is that i love art since i was child and i love it at the point that i don’t’ know where it ends and where i start. Each life is signed by the passage of time, all that i’ have done is to climb on the only boat that could save me… and this boat has become my own life.”
Discover more of Brenda’s project on her website and follow her on Twitter: @BrendaVaiani.
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“Polaroids represent for me what the sunflowers represented for Van Gogh.
I remember the first time that pain touched me and I remember that I plunged into it, like it had been the sea. I remember the cold, I remember the fear and I remember seeing myself in those depths. Those are waters that will never release you completely, but from which I’m re-emerging with head and hands: Head and hands that I use to describe what I saw there, where everybody thinks that only darkness can prevail.
At the bottom of a life can settle endless horizons, streets, lights, shadows… and even yourself.
©Brenda Vaiani
At the bottom of a Polaroid, the same things: In that darkness that slowly becomes an image, I see myself in the depth of that cold sea, I see my fears and feelings become form. That’s why I take photographs. I’ve taken photographs since I started to feel the need to give a body to what doesn’t have a body.
©Brenda Vaiani
I take photographs because anything that we recognize doesn’t scare us anymore, because is the only chance i know to celebrate my victories, to say “I’m here”, to celebrate life.
©Brenda Vaiani
I realized my projects with two different polaroid cameras, a Polaroid image Pro and a Polaroid 1000 deluxe.”
©Brenda Vaiani
©Brenda Vaiani
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)
