What Apps Are We Using This Month? with Damla Öksüz
Welcome to TheAppWhisperer’s new section, “what apps are we using this month” series, where we discover which apps you are particularly enjoying. Kicking us off today is non-other than Award Winning Mobile Artist, Damla Öksüz.
Hello, My name is Damla Oksuz (@damlaoksuzphotography), I’m a 54 year old retired banker. Since 2020 I have lived in a small town called Fethiye which is situated at the Mediterranean part of Turkey. Before that, I used to live in Istanbul.
I have always loved taking photos and after my retirement I decided to learn it professionally. I took some courses and became a member of a group called “Travelling Photographers”. I participated in several exibitions in Turkey and other countries. My interest was mostly in street and travel photography. With my group I was able to travel and take photos both of Turkey and the World.
When the pandemic started and we were not able to go outside I discovered Mobile Photography and Photography Art. And I started to learn the apps. The more I learned the more I loved. When I am traveling with my group I use a Sony A7 and I mostly do not do any photo-editing. But my iPhone and iPad are always with me and I am able to capture the daily life of ordinary people in my daily routine. I started editing with Snapseed and iColorama apps at first. I always try new styles and effects on my photos. It totally depends on my daily mood. And I try to post a new photo everyday to my instagram account.
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Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
