Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from TheAppWhisperer
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and Happy Holidays from TheAppWhisperer. I personally wanted to ensure I thanked all of our Columnists, Contributors, Editors, Readers, Developers, Manufacturers and most of all the incredible community of mobile photographers and mobile artists that visit us each and everyday of the year. Without you all, we wouldn’t be here today.
My family and I are not particularly religious, but we do embrace Christmas as a time to be together and down tools. Just to come together and relax and spend time recounting stories, memories of the year and of the future. In fact, one story our eldest son recounted this morning is perfectly fitting for this occasion. He was walking home late last night (Christmas Eve) from the pub with a friend as they had been out with some friends together. It was late, past midnight. As they approached a junction, not far from our road, they were stopped by police. As a matter of fact there were five police cars, with two police officers in each car, they had stopped traffic in all directions. They approached my son and his friend and asked them what they were doing. They replied that they were walking home from the pub. So, one police officer asked my son, ‘where do you live?‘ and Jake pointed up the street, replying ‘up there‘. The police officer replied ‘ok, you can carry on home‘. Then he turned to my son’s friend and asked the same question, he replied ‘I need to turn right and then left at the next road to reach my house‘. The police officer said ‘right, you’re not going home that way, we’ve closed the road further down there too, you’ll have to go straight on and walk right around the block to reach your house tonight‘. So, my son said ‘what’s the problem officer, why are you all here and why have you barricaded all these roads?‘ The police officer said ‘because, we have someone on the roof down there‘. It was on the tip of my son’s tongue to say ‘you do realise officer, that it’s after midnight, it’s Christmas Eve, so the timing is bang on for Santa Claus to be climbing on the roof of houses‘, when he thought better of it, because as he confided, they appeared to have lost any sense of humour they might have had. Of course, in all seriousness this was no doubt a very distressed person, in dire need of support, intending to take their own life and I certainly do not intend to make light of it but I do find, when stressed, that humour serves it’s purpose… sometimes…
So, on that note, please take care this holiday season, enjoy being with your loved ones and know each one of you, mean the world to me. Happy Christmas!!!
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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)
