Mobile Photography and Art Interview – Hope In Adversity Interview with Sukru Memet Omur from Paris, France
I am currently shielding for twelve weeks and 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 thirteenth interview is with talented mobile photographer, Sukru Mehmet Omur originally from Turkey and now based in Paris, France. Omur trained and worked as a Doctor previously and offers his advice to all during this pandemic. Enjoy!
To read others in this series of interviews with Jill Lian, Vicki Cooper, Gerry Coe, Sarah Bichachi, Sukru Mehmet Omur, Phyllis Shenny, Alisa Smith Williams, Joy Barry, Ile Mont, Peter Wilkin and Susan Latty, please follow this link
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?
Thank you Joanne for this interview on my difficult confined days. Yes, I will be doing my quarantine in my apartment for almost 4 to 6 weeks in hopefully good conditions. I have my smartphones to take macro photography and experimental photography. As I do collage I will also take photos of my collages and do some collage with my photos. I can work on my iPad with Procreate to create some mobile art work. As I have to stay at home I can take the opportunity to work a bit more on mobile photography and artistry. Manuela Matos created a new group on facebook called Em dias de quarentena. This means “On quarantine days” where we can share mobile works during those difficult days. I share a work or two a day in this group. Here are some examples:
If so, have you noticed the style of art that you’re creating changing from what you would normally create?
Yes sure. As I have much more time and I go slowly, I think more and I work more precisely. I hope after this contagion, this pandemic, I will probably be more artistic than before.
If yes, to the above, can you explain how your art has changed?
I will be more courageous for trying things that I never tried, such as drawing. I intend to look at more tutorials than before. So that will help me to improve. I have the courage of sharing without any shame :)) my first procreate drawing in a Facebook group called Procreate Community: Learn // Draw // Share
Have you found additional inspiration to create at this time?
As I listen to more music and read some poems that will help me to see in another way and give me some inspiration. We will see the results in two months if we are not sick or dead:))
Is creating mobile digital art/photography, helping you at this time specially, how and why?
Sure it helps me. If not, I would go crazy because It’s impossible for me to pass all the time in front of the TV looking at movies.
Do you feel that sharing mobile art/photography at this time is spreading a unity of peace?
We need that unity of peace for us, for the mobile community, for our nations and for the whole of the world. All we need is peace and love.
Anything else you would personally like to add…?
I want to advise everyone to keep to the safety instructions for the very deadly disease, especially stay at home. Senior in order not to be infected and the young people not to spread it.
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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)
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