Mobile Photography & Art Flickr and Instagram Showcase – 21 March 2021
Marcel Proust describes, In Search of Lost Time, his own experiences of ‘involuntary memories‘, these are profound and unexpected glimpses of the past triggered by mundane and everyday experiences. Escaping time, is in essence the affect of ‘involuntary memories‘, they return us to past events. Photography, is the perfect medium to use as the physical connection to illustrate and explore this. Susan Sontag pronounced that, all photographs are memento mori, to take a photograph is to participate in another persons (or things) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to times relentless melt. (Sontag, 1979: 15). According to Roland Barthes photographs exist because something was there, something ‘that-has- been’ (Barthes, 1980: 77). My challenge to you all this week (and I will formally announce this later in the week), is to make a ‘self portrait’ through objects. Please create a series of five images and include the tag #tawspobjects on Instagram. We’ll be taking a closer look at these over the coming weeks, please join in. For now, while you ponder all that, enjoy this weeks thrilling Mobile Photography and Art Showcase .
Thank you to all the talented artists for submitting your works to our showcase this week. If you would like your work to be considered for entry in to our weekly Mobile Photography and Art Flickr Group, please submit it to our dedicated group, here. You can also submit images to our Instagram tag for this section #theappwhisperer.
Peter Wilkin, Paul Yan, Tomaso Belloni, Jill Lian, Michael Beresin, Lorenka Campos, Rita Colantonio, Catherine Caddigan, Gianluca Ricoveri, Deborah McMillion, Jun Yamaguchi, Gabriele Rodriquez, Fille.de.Lumière, Clare Pickett, Rob Pearson-Wright, Juta Jazz, p.a. hamel, Judy Wahlberg, Susan Rennie, David Scott Leibowitz, Jennifer Graham, @aniraz95, Erik Lieber, @millymmills, Linda Hollier, Dina Alfasi, Melissa D Johnston, Sandra Wood, Wayman Stairs, Carol Schiraldi, @dreamsandfields, Cynthia Morgan, Fiona Christian, Joyce Harkin, @carlosrpaz, @optics_crisis, Clarisse Debout, @mitrydate, @marshadraws, Şengül Özdemir Bekmez, Juta Jazz, Damian De Souza, @patragraphy, Carol Wiebe, Eliza Badoiu, Susan Latty, Paul Suciu, @theartofmayte, Chris Sallquist, @axelbergk, Jenny Pieters, @iphonefineartphotography, Diane Adler Monheit, Clint Cline, Marieke van Diemen, Joy Sussman, Ile Mont, Marco Prado, Adrian McGarry, Marian Rubin, Janis Brandenburg, Silke Metz Artivist, @klimtt – M Cecilia São Thiago.
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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)
