Mostly Mobile Photography & Mobile Art – Tickle Your Fancy #57
Welcome back to our fifty seventh post in our ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ section. ‘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.
Enjoy!
“Seattle photographer Chase Jarvis is a champion of mobile photography and a firm believer that millions if not billions of people around the world want to share pictures taken with their phones. To borrow a well-worn cliche: If only there was an app for that…”
ExoLens new PRO and PRIME lens kits enhance iPhone 7 mobile photography
Advanced features found in the new iPhone 7 camera are designed to take mobile photography to new heights, but in hopes of taking it even higher, ExoLens is launching ExoLens PRO and ExoLens PRIME, two new lines of external lenses, each targeting a different consumer with products rolling out starting this December.
“We are very excited to launch the high-performance ranges of PRO and PRIME iPhone lenses,” says John Fellowes, Chief Executive Officer of Fellowes Brands, which acquired ExoLens in 2014. “The new product lines signify an expanded brand strategy for ExoLens, which will now reach mobile photographers of all levels.”
A Peek Inside Instagram’s Fancy New Headquarters Inspired by the App
“After almost six years and a nearly 1 billion dollar acquisition, Instagram HQ has finally relocated to a space that was designed to reflect the sensibility and soul of the photo sharing app itself…”
Photo Credit: Christophe Wu
Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Photography, 5th Edition
“The best-selling Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Photography is written by internationally renowned travel photographer Richard I’Anson. He shares his wealth of experience and knowledge about travel photography in this jargon-free guide to taking better photographs”.
A revealing look inside photographer Juergen Teller’s new London Studio
“Juergen Teller, photography’s enfant terrible and the mastermind behind some of contemporary fashion’s most iconic ad campaigns, likes to have fun, whether it’s behind the camera or in front of it. He even manages to make typically staid architectural photography look awfully exciting—by posing naked, perched on a donkey inside an otherwise empty room…’
Teller shot this self-portrait inside his brand new studio. Photo by Juergen Teller via Dezeen
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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)
