Photo Competition – Photographer of Style – Instagram competition
To celebrate this autumn’s V&A exhibition “Horst: Photographer of Style”, The Telegraph newspaper want you to take inspiration from Horst’s iconic photos, become a Horst muse or recreate the composition, light and elegance of the master photographer.
Simply upload your photo to Instagram with the hashtag #MyHorstPhoto for your chance to win return tickets to Paris, exclusive bespoke framing of your winning photo and other exhibition goodies.
Need some inspiration? Browse the V&A’s dedicated Horst Pinterest board, their online picture gallery or visit the exhibition from 6 September 2014.
How it Works
Follow @vamuseum and @telegraphtelephoto on Instagram.
Take a Horst inspired photo and upload to Instagram with the hashtag #MyHorstPhoto.
V&A and guest judges will select their favourite photo of the week and these will be regrammed for the duration of the competition.
Entries close midnight 13 November 2014.
One overall winner will then be selected by the judging panel including Susanna Brown, Curator of Horst: Photographer of Style and Lucy Davies, Telegraph photography critic.
Please note: Your Instagram account must be public in order for you to submit your #MyHorstPhoto entry (Private account submissions don’t get pulled through). Instagram also blocks searches that include broken hashtags such as # photography. We recommend only using the competition hashtag #MyHorstPhoto.
Grand Prize
One pair of Eurostar return tickets in Standard Premier from London to Paris.
John Jones, framers for the exhibition, will provide expert printing and framing to the value of £500 for the winning photograph.
A £750 shopping gift card courtesy of exhibition partners Bicester Village.
One pair of tickets to Horst: Photographer of Style, exhibition book and goody bag from the V&A Shop.
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)
