Alternative Mobile Photography Processing
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‘Impossible’ Tutorial – Emulsion Lifts
We’re delighted to be working closer with The Impossible Project team as we continue to branch out and expand our reach with all things related to mobile photography. Analog post-processing of mobile images is becoming more and more popular and we’re going to make sure our readers are fully briefed on this very exciting development. The Impossible Project is in many ways leading the way, but there is also a growing community of mobile artists and photographers experimenting with other analog post processing techniques in an attempt to make their mobile images stand out even more, in galleries, magazines and the like and we have viewed some outstanding images and…
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Alternative Processes: Live Bacteria and Incredible Photographic Portraits
Impermanence is a photographic project by South Korean artist Seung-Hwan OH, it’s very unusual. As he explains, ‘I use medium format colour positive film. And I think microbes eat gelatin which make light sensitive chemicles break out’. ‘This creates an aesthetic of entangled creation and destruction that inevitably is ephemeral, and results in complete disintegration of the film so that it can only be delicately digitized before it is consumed’, he said. To find out more about this project and view more images, please go here.
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‘Impossible’ Interview with Meghan Davidson
We’re delighted to be working closer with The Impossible Project team as we continue to branch out and expand our reach with all things related to mobile photography. Analog post-processing of mobile images is becoming more and more popular and we’re going to make sure our readers are fully briefed on this very exciting development. The Impossible Project is in many ways leading the way, but there is also a growing community of mobile artists and photographers experimenting with other analog post processing techniques in an attempt to make their mobile images stand out even more, in galleries, magazines and the like and we have viewed some outstanding images and…
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London Analogue Festival – 12 – 14 September 2014
If you’re around in London this weekend then don’t miss the 2014 London Analogue Festival. The London Analogue Festival (LAF) is a unique experience of screenings, talks and exhibitions. The festival provides a platform to upcoming and promising independent talents working with analogue mediums today, to show that despite the dominance of digital technologies, proficiency in the analogue arts is still prominent today. There’s so much to learn and to do including an Impossible Project Emulsion Lift Workshop, Lomography Sprocket Rocket Workshop, Silverprint Cyanotype Workshop and more. It is all totally free, the location is at The Bargehouse, Oxo Tower, Wharf, London, SE1 9PH!
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A Letter From Impossible’s CEO
Dear Impossible Pioneers and Customers, In just a month from now, Impossible will move from the office and shop space it has occupied for the past four years on Broadway and Canal, in Manhattan, to a new space in Brooklyn. Sadly, we will also say goodbye to around half of Impossible’s current US employees, some of whom have been with the company since its foundation. A smaller team will continue to manage Impossible’s North American customer service, warehousing and fulfillment, as well as camera refurbishment and repair. In recent months, we have sharpened our focus on film research and development, as well as the design and development of a new…
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Impossible Lab Review by MaryJane Sarvis
We are delighted to publish this fabulous review of the Impossible Lab by our fabulous Columnist, MaryJane Sarvis. We organised a lab to be sent out to her to test and test she did! In this review MaryJane strips it back to the first moment upon receipt, to the joy of experimenting with different techniques and film. We have an ‘Alternative Mobile Photography & Processing section’ here at theappwhisperer.com, within this we publish lots of Interviews with Impossible developers and photographers. We also publish details of using your mobile photo to create cyanotypes and more. If you have not see this section yet, please go here and browse through, it’s…
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Alternative Processes – Using Your Mobile Phone To Create Cyanotypes
As our regular readers will know, we have been looking at alternative post processing of mobile images for sometime. We have a Flickr group dedicated to this and we publish tutorials and additional information to help you make hard copies of your mobile images using alternative processes. We have published several articles already to our new section, see here. We’re delighted to be working closer with Matt Shapoff of Handmade on Peconic Bay (HMPB) fame. Shapoff originally an engineering student before attending of the photo department of NYU – he knew where his passion lay, he switched majors and used his engineering knowledge to experiment with photography. Shapoff received his…
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‘Impossible’ Interview with Manoj Jadhav
We’re delighted to be working closer with The Impossible Project team as we continue to branch out and expand our reach with all things related to mobile photography. Analog post-processing of mobile images is becoming more and more popular and we’re going to make sure our readers are fully briefed on this very exciting development. The Impossible Project is in many ways leading the way, but there is also a growing community of mobile artists and photographers experimenting with other analog post processing techniques in an attempt to make their mobile images stand out even more, in galleries, magazines and the like and we have viewed some outstanding images and…
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Alternative Processes – The Center for Fine Art Photography – Call For Entries Competition
As our regular readers will know, we have been looking at alternative post processing of mobile images for sometime. We have a Flickr group dedicated to this and we will be publishing tutorials and additional information soon to help you make hard copies of your mobile images using alternative processes. We have published several articles already to our new section, see here. We have today discovered a wonderful new competition from The Center for Fine Art Photography. The entry date for this competition is July 2, 2014 and it will run until July 15, 2014. All subject matter and alternative processes are welcome, including Daguerreotypes, Cyanotypes, Chrysotypes, Chlorophyll Process, Chemigrams,…
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Processing Your Mobile Images To Physical TinTypes and Ambrotypes – The Easy Way
As many of our regular readers will be aware, we have been looking at alternative post processing of mobile images for sometime. Most notably with the Impossible PhotoLab, you can read our Impossible articles here. The Impossible Project is in many ways leading the way, but there is also a growing community of mobile artists and photographers experimenting with other analog post processing techniques in an attempt to make their mobile images stand out even more, in galleries, magazines and the like and we have viewed some outstanding images and techniques. A good deal of my formal photographic training (many years ago) was spent in a huge college darkroom and…
