Tickle Your Fancy #41
Welcome back to our forty first post in our new section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’. ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ includes a round-up of between three to 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.
This week we look at some incredible photographs Tif Hunter using the tintype processing technique to capture the winners of the Jerwood Fiction uncovered prize. We also link to the wonderful iPPA awards in pictures, very fabulous indeed. The photographer, historian and hispanophile Gerald Howson, who has died aged 88, had a zest for life and compassion for humanity, along with a meticulous eye for detail, that led him to excel in a number of fields – we link to a wonderful obituary. We also link to a fabulous interview with Ed Kashi a photojournalist, filmmaker and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. A sensitive eye and an intimate relationship to his subjects are signatures of his work and we adore recent New York transplant Ashley Garner’s photography, part fashion and part dreamscape, often combining multiple self-reflective elements into each image.
We hope you enjoy these articles over the weekend…
Tintype portraits of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered prize winners – in pictures
Bernardine Evaristo, author of Mr Loverman (Penguin). Photograph: Tif Hunter
Photographer Tif Hunter‘s portraits use the tintype processing technique, a wet-plate process which was first invented in the 1850s. Their intensity suits the British authors announced today as winners of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered prize, whose novels, short stories and graphic novels have been singled out as outstanding works that deserve a wider audience
iPhone photography awards 2014 – in pictures
Michael O’Neal from San Francisco, US – first place in the animals category
Smartphones have made photography more accessible than ever before, a fact celebrated by the iPhone photography awards. Now in its seventh year, the contest attracted entries from 17 countries. Here is a selection of the winning images
Gerald Howson obituary
‘One of a set of photographs taken by Gerald Howson in Poland during the cold war, which were not published at the time and remained unseen by the public for half a century’
The photographer, historian and hispanophile Gerald Howson, who has died aged 88, had a zest for life and compassion for humanity, along with a meticulous eye for detail, that led him to excel in a number of fields. Only 10 days before he died, despite his evident frailty, he was surrounded by friends from the worlds of art, music and academia, at the opening of a remarkable exhibition of black and white photos that he had taken in Poland at the height of the cold war.
Shoot Stories: Ed Kashi
‘A young refugee girl sits quietly during a celebration for the last day of school in the village of Shirvanli, near the town of Aghdam, Azerbaijan Photo: ED KASHI / VII’
Fabulous interview with Ed Kashi a photojournalist, filmmaker and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. A sensitive eye and an intimate relationship to his subjects are signatures of his work.
One to Watch: Ashley Garner
Photo Ashley Garner
Recent New York transplant Ashley Garner’s photography is part fashion and part dreamscape, often combining multiple self-reflective elements into each image.
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)
