Mobile Photography – Instagram TAKEOVER with @before.1st.light – Days 6 & 7
We are so grateful to @before.1st.light – Jane Schultz, whom we entrusted with our Instagram account on 4th December 2017 for seven days after she was gracefully handed the baton by @lee_atwell – Lee Atwell, after she received it from @psychephoto – Robin Cohen.
On Day 6 @before.1st.light highlighted a brilliant artist whom we greatly admire, who is also AppArt Editor @sugarama – Bobbi McMurry, she writes “today’s feature is by @sugarama. Bobbi is the master of AppArt, creating magical images beyond our wildest imagination. Here she is in a creative self portrait that takes you into the depths of her mind. Thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us Bobbi”. On Day 7 @before.1st.light highlighted another artist who we have long admired, @trishg61, she writes “Hello, today is the last day of my weeklong takeover of the @theappwhisperer. Thank you Joanne, it’s been a blast and an honor being you! My last feature is by @trishg61. Patricia’s work abounds with creativity resulting in colourful colleges and interesting compositions. Thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us Patricia”. Finally and sadly for us, @before.1st.light published her final image and beautifully, it was one of hers, she said “Hello AppWhisperers. It’s @before.1st.light saying goodbye on my last day sitting in as The App Whisperer. Thank you so much for this opportunity Joanne! 🙌🏻Please keep tagging your best stuff to #theappwhisperer as I pass the baton on”.
We are going to miss @before.1st.light very much but we are also excited to announce our new Instagram TAKEOVER, in our next post….
If you want to keep track of all that @before.1st.light views, please head over to our Instagram feed, here. Please tag your images with #TheAppWhisperer if you hope to be found and possibly featured.
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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)
