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‘Wide Awoke’- Are Female Artists Worth Collecting? with Juta Jazz

This time in our latest ‘Wide Awoke’ article Juta Jazz depicts her answer to ‘Are female artists worth collecting?’ in this creative video – take a look…

In our ‘Wide Awoke’ section, we initially tackled a thought-provoking discussion at the Tate Museum in London. Recently, an article by Helen Gorrill in The Guardian highlighted concerns that female artists may be facing greater challenges now than they did in the 1990s. Gorrill stated, “Today, when men’s artwork is signed, it goes up in value; conversely, when work by women is signed, it goes down in value. The addition of a woman’s signature can devalue artwork to the extent that female artists are more likely to leave their work unsigned.” She further criticises the Tate for seemingly collecting only a ‘token’ proportion of work by women, despite women constituting 74% of fine art graduates.

This article sparked significant discussion here at TheAppWhisperer HQ, as addressing these issues is at the heart of our new Women section. To delve deeper, we reached out to several female mobile artists and posed the question, “Are Female Artists Worth Collecting?” We invited them to create short videos responding to our subheading, ‘Wide Awoke’. Today, we are thrilled to publish the latest video in this series, featuring the talented female artist Juta Jazz.

We hope you find this new section engaging, and we encourage everyone to leave comments below. While it focuses on women’s issues, we warmly invite all individuals, regardless of gender, to view and participate in the conversation.

 

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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)