COMPETITIONS
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iPhotographer Magazine & Competition – Coming Soon!
The Preview Issue of iPhotographer Magazine has been submitted to the Apple Newstand and is expected to be approved in the next few days. This magazine edited by Knox Bronson and will feature many well known mobile photographers and artists. There’s also a contest running in this new issue until June 14, 2015. The theme is ‘water’ – so have a think about that. There is a charge to enter this competition but also a $500 top prize among others. We have a discount code to slightly bring down the cost of entering for our readers. Instead of paying $6, the code will reduce it to $5. Enter this code:…
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FIPA Mobile Photography Most Wanted Visionaries Exhibition – 2015
Huge congratulations to the twenty artists whose works have been selected for the incredible honour to be exhibited at the Tethys Fine Art Gallery, Florence, Italy. This exhibition is one part of the Summer 2015 series of mobile photography and art exhibitions in association with the NEM the Florence International Photography Awards (FIPA), organised by Andrea Bigiarini (see here). Many congratulations to the following artists for their incredible talent and beautiful works: Angie Johnson, Robin Robertis, Diana Nicholette Jeon, Brett Chenoweth, Vivi Hanson, Captain Flam, Janine Graf, Eddie X, AlexVisage, Jiri Dvorak, Karen Divine, Lorenka Campos, Michelle Robinson, Rob Pearson-Wright, Dieter Gaebel, Kim Martino, Patricia Larson, Erika Brothers, Benamon Tame…
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The Exposure Award Offering Photographers $75K In Awards & Prizes
Exposure is a photography award and a global celebration of the image, premiering July 13th 2015, at The Louvre Museum in Paris with submissions from 191 different nations over the past five years; the photography submitted to Exposure has beeen seen by over 3 million viewers. Click here to find out more
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Reminder: Call for entries – Renaissance Photography Prize 2015
WIth just weeks to go, now is the time to register for Renaissance Photography Prize 2015. The prize is looking to discover talent and celebrate the best in photography, giving image makers access to new opportunities and world-wide audience for their work. It is open to anyone worldwide, and closes 12 June 23:59 GMT+1, London, UK time. A prestigious judging panel, exhibition in London and over £6000/$9000 worth in prizes. All profit from entry fees is donated to the Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care, to help younger women suffering from breast cancer. To enter, please go here.
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Mobile Photography/Art Competition – FIPA/TheAppWhisperer Special Award – ‘Gates of Paradise’ – How To Enter
I’m very excited about this wonderful competition, the NEM Florence International Photography Awards (FIPA), of which TheAppWhisperer has been very generously given a special section. The theme is ‘Gates of Paradise’ I selected this theme to honour the gilded bronze doors of Florence’s Baptistery of San Giovanni and as inspiration for all mobile artists to create a magnificent work of art; not depicting the literal ‘Gates of Paradise’ but to portray, what the ‘Gates of Paradise’ represent to you. Think widely a place of contentment, a garden, being with a loved one, a tranquil location to retreat in times of stress. One question I’ve been asked quite a lot recently…
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Grand Prize Winners Announced at 2015 Sony World Photography awards,
The Honorary Jury of the world’s largest photography competition today names American photographer John Moore as the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards’ L’Iris d’Or/ Professional Photographer of the Year, amongst other awardees. Chosen from the winners of the awards’ thirteen professional categories, the winning work “Ebola Crisis Overwhelms Liberian Capital” is a hard-hitting series of images that cut to the heart of this human tragedy. Moore, a Senior Staff Photographer and Special Correspondent for Getty Images, and the winning photographs have been universally credited for the early exposure of the scale of the Ebola epidemic in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia and the epicentre of the deadly disease. He collects…
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Simon Norfolk – Wins at 2015 Sony World Photography Awards for Landscape
The Honorary Jury of the world’s largest photography competition today names Simon Norfolk as the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards’ Landscape Photographer of the Year. “Norfolk is an incredible photographer and my husband Kevin, has previously interviewed him and featured his work in The Times”. Norfolk, a landscape photographer who lives and works in Brighton and is represented by INSTITUTE, was selected from over 87,000 entries to the Professional competition for a series called “When I Am Laid In Earth”. In the series the photographer maps with a pyrograph the melting away of the Lewis Glacier on Mt. Kenya. Norfolk had previously been awarded 1st place in the Professional People…
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MIRA Mobile Prize 2015 – Exhibition of 50 Shortlisted Photographs – 18 April – 13 June Mira Forum Gallery – Portugal
It is so wonderful to see the images from the opening event of the MIRA Mobile Prize 2015, of which I was very proudly a Jury member. Manuela Matos Monteiro put on the most wonderful show, this is what she had to say; “The day was gorgeous, the exhibition fantastic and a lot of public attend to our exhibition. It was a great idea to project the 200 photo (50 shortlisted+150) because there is so great works worthy to be seen. Some mobile photographers from UK and Spain came to participate and that was really nice. The responsible of Culture in Porto was very proud with the exhibition. We thank…
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NEW Mobile Photography/Art Competition – mDAC15 – TheAppWhisperer
I am so excited about this free to enter competition – the Mobile Digital Art and Creativity Summit (mDAC15). The mDAC Summit will feature work of more than 100+ fine artists, illustrators and photographers from all over the world with work exclusively created on iPhones, iPads, Androids and Surface tablets and other mobile devices. This event is sponsored by the Palo Alto Art Center, California, US and hosted by the Mobile Art Academy. This is the second year for this competition and I have posted a video of last years event for you to view. This is a juried competition and I am honoured to have been asked to be the sole juror…
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Mobile Photography/Art Competition – FIPA/TheAppWhisperer Special Award – ‘Gates of Paradise’
17 June 2015 – Update – I have now juried this part of the fabulous FIPA competition and my decision has been agreed with Andrea Bigiarini – the announcement will take place tomorrow the 18 June 2015 at 6 PM – CEST – that’s 5 pm London Time, 12 noon New York Time. Dilshad Corleone will read out the speech that I have prepared for the presentation of the Gates of Paradise Award as I cannot attend in person. There are two beautiful prizes and it’s going to be truly wonderful! In association with the NEM the Florence International Photography Awards (FIPA), Joanne Carter TheAppWhisperer has created a special mobile…