Mobile Photography – A Picture’s Worth with Gillian Brodie – TheAppWhisperer
‘A Picture’s Worth‘… is where we ask mobile photographers that have created powerful mobile photography/art to explain the processes they took. This includes their initial thoughts as to what they wanted to create, why they wanted to create it, how they created it, including all apps used and what they wanted to convey. We also ask these incredible artists to explain their emotions and how the image projects those feelings. We have published a few A Picture’s Worth articles recently, if you have missed those – please go here.
In this A Picture’s Worth today we asked Gillian Brodie to tell us more about her image ‘Decimated Vision’, one that we included in a recent Flickr Group Showcase. Brodie has detailed her thoughts below, I’m quite sure you will enjoy learning more about this image.
“If asked to describe my photographic style I would define myself as an urban/street photographer.
A subject I have developed an interest in is the depiction of women in urban art, along with the work of female grafitti artists. I’m working on a series I call “Girls on Walls” (The girl in this picture is by the Australian Street artist DEEJ).
I’m also totally in love with the medium of mobile photography – to the degree that my camera now sits sadly on a shelf and nearly all my work is shot using my phone (currently an LGg3) and edited either in my phone or on my iPad ! I’m very excited to be a part of the burgeoning world-wide movement that is the mobile photography community!
When I take a photo I almost never see it as an end result, but merely as the starting point of my creation. Sometimes I have a very clear vision of how I want my image to end up and other times ideas come to me as I edit. I often do several, sometimes very different, edits of the same base image.
The past year has been a very difficult one for me on a number of levels and I have at times felt completely devastated. I have struggled to pick up the pieces & put them back together again so that I can move on with my life.
The image “Decimated Vision” is an expression both of my pain and of my determination to not allow it to overwhelm me, but to put those shattered pieces back together in some form or another and move forwards.
While I have always loved creating images, it’s only recently that I have begun using that creation as part of a healing process and to express my deeper emotions rather than just as a visual statement.
I used the apps Snapseed, Oggl ( Tinto 84 lens & D-Type Plate film) and finally decim8 to create this picture.
Thanks so much Joanne for choosing this image for A Pictures Worth – it’s a special feeling to know that what I was trying to portray in my work resonates for others too!”
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)
