Building Mobile Bridges with Instagram
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Running with the Wolves – Instagram – @auroramusic
Music and imagery, to me, are so interlinked, despite having moderate to profound deafness, music is an integral part of my life; I just have to adapt a little to how I listen to it but a world without sound, would be a life less lived. This is why you’ll always find our immensely popular Flickr Group Showcases, packed with wonderful music. I wanted to share with you a wonderful photographer and musician. A few months back, rising pop star Aurora (@auroramusic) woke to find Katy Perry singing her praises. “Finally. New music that makes my [heart] flutter,” the pop singer wrote on Twitter. She proclaimed Aurora to be an…
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Surfacing Hidden Feelings through Portraits with @el__ral
Fabulous photos of collaged mixed-media portraits,“portraits are the art form that most caught my attention. It’s like having a dialogue with the viewer,” explains Raúl Huerta (@el__ral) from Barcelona, Spain, who goes by the pseudonym Ral. The artist recently started his project “Naked Under Skin”—a series of intimate portraits made from paper scraps, canvas, wood and paint. “Beauty is inspiring but I want to go beyond the good looks and startle with emotional impact,” he says. In using bits of newspaper, Ral aims to visually verbalize hidden emotions. “I try to get into the body of these people, to get past the skin and surface those feelings that everybody has…
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Microsoft Hires Photographer To Travel The World via Instagram
It’s taken some time, but Microsoft have now joined Instagram and have hired photographer Justin Bastien as well as financing his travel to capture images and post stories about people in various careers using Microsoft in their work. The Microsoft Instagram account currently has 14,537 followers but we are expecting this grow very quickly. Go here to follow them.
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‘Building Mobile Bridges With Instagram’ – Michael Christopher Brown
We’re are delighted to publish our second article to our brand new section to TheAppWhisperer.com today, entitled, ‘Building Mobile Bridges with Instagram‘. Within this section we profile specific mobile photographers that have caught our eye, demonstrating their talent via their Instagram feed. We view so many talented feeds everyday and we wanted to make sure we highlighted these photographers to help them raise their profiles. Previously we looked at street photographer Hannibal Renberg, if you missed that, please go here. Today, we are taking a look at Michael Christopher Brown. Michael was raised in the Skagit Valley, a farming community in Washington State. Often using a camera phone as a primary…
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Advertising Assignments and Instagram Success
A very interesting article in PDN last week talks about advertising assignments and success for mobile photographers. They interview Lauren Randolph a very successful photographer, more commonly known by her Instagram title of Lauren Lemon and discuss the continued rise of her career. Only five years out from college, she has attracted more than 230,000 Instagram followers. It’s a great read, go here to read more.
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‘Building Mobile Bridges with Instagram’ – Hannibal Renberg – Instagram Street Photographer
We’re opening a new section to TheAppWhisperer.com today, entitled, ‘Building Mobile Bridges with Instagram‘. Within this section we will profile specific mobile photographers that have caught our eye, demonstrating their talent via their Instagram feed. We view so many talented feeds everyday and we wanted to make sure we highlighted these photographers to help them raise their profiles. Today, we are taking a look at Hannibal Renberg a Street Photographer from Paris, France. Renberg is an active member of the Paris Mobile Photography Community and has exhibited in many shows. He was also a Judge for the Street Category of the Paris Mobile Photography Award, see here. Renberg’s images portray…