17TH MIRA MOBILE PRIZE OPEN FOR ENTRIES
The deadline has been extended to 23 March to submit your photographs to this wonderful photography competition.
17TH MIRA MOBILE PRIZE OPEN FOR ENTRIES
I am so proud to be a member of this esteemed mobile photography and art annual competition alongside, Mario Pires, Andrea Bigiarini, Gina Costa, Giulia Baita. Many thanks to Manuela Matos Monteiro for inviting me, I am honoured.
There are seven categories to enter in this years competition and each artist may submit a total of three mobile images, per category. These include: Landscape, Portrait, Daily Life, Architecture, Minimal, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Art.
This edition of MMP is dedicated to Marian Seid Rubin, a pioneer of mobile photography and an active and supportive member of our community!
This is a free to enter competition. If your image is selected this will incur a charge of $36 administrative fee.
The opening exhibition of the MIRA Mobile Prize 2024 will be held in Oporto in May 2024 in MIRA FORUM. The photos chosen by the jury as finalists will be printed and exhibited.
The Grand Prize winner will receive return paid for flights from a European capital to Porto. Full board for five nights and more.
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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)
