Mobile Photography and Art Interview – Hope In Adversity Interview with Gerry Coe from Northern Ireland
I am currently self-isolating/shielding for twelve weeks as my Dr has said I am in the high risk category. In my home, we have all had to make adaptions to adjust to this pandemic, although, at least, currently, we are all well. I’ve been recalling many of the good words our dear friend and talented artist Carolyn Hall Young shared with us, not least ‘in any given situation we can always choose, hope over fear‘ – let’s all choose hope.
I am aware there are many others also in a similar situation at the moment and I felt it would be a good idea to create an interview, reflecting these times with stunning imagery. This is a new series of interview with mobile photographers and artists discovering what they’re creating and how in these difficult times. Our fourth interview is with talented award winning mobile photographer, Gerry Coe.
Coe has been rewarded for his skills to mobile photography and has twice received the Peter Grugeon Fellowship of the Year Award at the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) awards. This is one of the most highly recognised of its kind.
We’re huge fans of Coe’s work here at TheAppWhisperer and it’s clear to see because whilst carrying out some research before publishing this interview, I discovered that he graces thirteen pages of our site, to date…Enjoy!
To read others in this series, please go here.
If you are social distancing or social isolating at this time, are you using any additional time you may have to create mobile digital art or photography?
I have a few ideas that I will be working on. Photos and watercolour. But here is one from last weeks’ trip (Thursday) to Groomsport village a couple of miles down the coast from where I live.
If so, have you noticed the style of art that you’re creating changing from what you would normally create?
Not really, I still keep experimenting and just push lots of buttons. Sometimes I get lucky.
If yes, to the above, can you explain how your art has changed?
Although I have not changed a lot of what I do I am trying to keep things a little simpler. Not relying on apps to dominate an image. Having said that here is an image that proved the lie.
Have you found additional inspiration to create at this time?
No, but I now intend to print a lot more of my images, maybe looking towards an exhibition in the near future. 
Is creating mobile digital art/photography, helping you at this time specially, how and why?
I can’t say that making pictures on my iPhone at this time is making any difference to me. I am just continuing what I always do.
Do you feel that sharing mobile art/photography at this time is spreading a unity of peace?
Is there anything else you would like to add?
Contact Details for Gerry Coe
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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)
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