Mobile Photography & Art – Flickr Group Showcase – 21 October 2018
One late night this week, on the tube homeward bound, I was accosted by a couple. One sat purposefully too close to me, physical and personal boundaries abandoned, and the other, opposite, knocking knees. The woman, her head leaning on my shoulder, was stonned I would say and the man somewhat addled, suffering a huge headache, I was stone cold sober. Once they penetrated my wired vigilance I got chatting. Apparently, they had mistaken me for Rosemary Bennett, The Times, Social Affairs Correspondent but they couldn’t quite marry up my constrained chronological age and hers. Admiring my skin, my clothes, my rings, my voice, I felt owned and whilst living in their fantasy as the train rattled on with their relentless chatter, my thoughts turned to the ‘Portrait of Christina’ by Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman, c1913. This is an image created more than a century ago of a woman, with lavish strawberry blond hair, modelling a scarlet coat on a far flung beach. She raises her face to the dawn, the sun streams over her soft freckles with her radiant complexion. The identity of the woman became a 100 year old mystery and caught the attention of the world’s press. It recently became known that her full name was Christina Elizabeth Frances Bevan and she was born in Harrow, UK on 8 March 1897, a neighbours daughter of the O’Gorman’s. It’s unlikely that my identity will remain a 100 year old mystery, what will ensue is ultimately, the ethical and sometimes contemplative aspect of our art, mobile art, as it holds our lives together. The humanity of our work, holds our hopes, our dreams, good art needs internal space and we can call upon it, any time we want, pay attention and you will see.
Thank you to all artists for submitting your works. If you would like your work to be considered for entry in to our weekly Mobile Photography and Art Flickr Group, please submit it to our dedicated group, here.
Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured this week:
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Jormain Cady, Eduardo Llerandi, Sergiy Beliayev, woltarise, Alla Crashenkova, Pier Luigi Dodi, Susan Detroy, Clint Cline, Joseph Cyr, Maarten Oortwijn, Lorenka Campos, Chris Feichtner, Rob Pearson-Wright, soul_engine, Lydia Cassatt, Kristin, Poetic Medium, Daniel Jay, Luison, Tricia Dewey, Jean Hutter, Enio Godoy, Linda Hollier, Gina Costa, Robert Laliberte, Hanni K, Gianluca Ricoveri, yaesmbrut, Susan Rennie, Kate Zari Roberts, jilllian2 – Jill Lian, Candice Railton, before.1st.light – Jane Schultz, Deborah McMillion, Havard Storvestre, jon jon, Paul Marsh, Joanne Carter,
Music this week is ‘End of the World’ by Xavier & Ophelia
‘A Long Night’ ©Jean Hutter
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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)
