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Mobile Photo Now: A Major Worldwide Mobile Photography Project & Exhibition
I am very pleased to hear about this photography Project and Exhibition. Kevin Kuster who is also a good friend and a Columnist for us sent me the following information. You can read more about Kevin here, in addition. ‘Columbus Museum of Art and the #jj community (Instagram), the world’s largest community of photographers, launch the largest museum mobile photography exhibition to date. Mobile Photo Now (February 6, 2015 – March 22, 2015) will highlight the emerging art form of mobile photography, and the power of social media and smart phones as a means of creative expression. In the fall of 2012, Columbus Museum of Art became the first museum…
#RePicture Competition Open For Entries
Getty Images and iStock have teamed up to create a new international photography competition, #RePicture. The competition aims to challenge how we photograph the world and find ways to subvert stereotypical imagery across the globe. Originally launched at this year’s Cannes Lions festival in France, #RePicture is inspired by the success of Getty Images’ recent partnership with Lean In, an organisation that champions creative opportunities for women. Open to amateur and semi-professional photographers and creatives worldwide, the competition offers prizes from Canon, and the chance to get on board as a Getty Images contributor. “We feel passionately that images have the power to change the way people view the world.” says Andy Saunders, senior…
‘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…
100-50-1: Fifty of the World’s Most Talented Mobile Photographers
A new exhibition opening in San Francisco next month is gaining momentum. Entitled 100 portraits, 50 photographers, 1 camera, the show is produced in conjunction with The NWBLK. This show is said to feature the work of fifty of the worlds most talented mobile photographers – I am quite sure we could add a lot more to this list. Still, it’s interesting, follow this link to learn more.
Rumour – New Apple iPads To Be Announced October 21
Well, that’s the rumour and one that we’re really hoping turns true. It’s a pattern that Apple have repeated for the past few years, last October Apple unveiled the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina display. This October we’re hoping for new iPad models with possibly the A8 processor that they’ve added to the new iPhone’s, there are also rumours of a new larger iPad Air model expecting to be announced. There are several hardware products that are in need of being updated, these include the Mac Mini, MacBook Air, iMac and Apple TV – we’re hoping that these also see a refresh, if not in October, then before…
Photo Competition – Photographer of Style – Instagram competition
To celebrate this autumn’s V&A exhibition “Horst: Photographer of Style”, The Telegraph newspaper want you to take inspiration from Horst’s iconic photos, become a Horst muse or recreate the composition, light and elegance of the master photographer. Simply upload your photo to Instagram with the hashtag #MyHorstPhoto for your chance to win return tickets to Paris, exclusive bespoke framing of your winning photo and other exhibition goodies. Need some inspiration? Browse the V&A’s dedicated Horst Pinterest board, their online picture gallery or visit the exhibition from 6 September 2014. How it Works Follow @vamuseum and @telegraphtelephoto on Instagram. Take a Horst inspired photo and upload to Instagram with the hashtag…
Cinamatic Mobile Competition with Los Cabos Tourism Board!
Buoyed from surpassing their first one million user mark, Cinamatic now have the facilities in place to partner with brands to create beautiful content. To kick off the next phase, the innovative mobile video creator is launching an In-App contest partnering with the Los Cabos Tourism Board. This is the first major partnership for Cinamatic. The resulting campaign, #Ticket2Cabo, has been created to launch Los Cabos International Film Festival taking place in the destination November 12 – 16, 2014. By joining the campaign, Cinamatographers in the US & Canada will have the opportunity to win a trip for two to Los Cabos during the upcoming Film Festival including VIP passes…
MIRA 2014 Mobile Photography Exhibition This Weekend!
This weekend is a truly fabulous one to bask in the glory of mobile photography and art. Not only is there the NEM Kansas City 2014 Mobile Photography Exhibition, as mentioned here but also there’s the MIRA Mobile Photography Exhibition in Porto, Portugal, opening 6 September 2014 at 1600 hrs. Fifty artists have been shortlisted for this exhibition hosted by Manuela Matos Monteiro, with an illustrious Jury (including myself). Janine Graf took the lead winning the overall competition, many congratulations to her and to all the following featured shortlisted artists: Adelino Marques, Adria Ellis, Aldo Pacheco, Andrew Lucceshi, Antonio Goncalves, Arjan, Barbara DuBois, Cindy Buske, Connie Rosenthal, Dani Salvadori, David…
NEM Kansas City 2014 Mobile Photography Exhibition This Weekend!
We’re so pleased to announce the NEM Kansas City 2014 Mobile Photography Exhibition Opening Reception this weekend September 5, 2014 and continues through to September 30, 2014. Forty artists have been shortlisted for this exhibition hosted by Andrea Bigiarini with illustrious jury members Gina Costa (TheAppWhisperer Columnnist) and Brett Chenoweth. NEM is a museum without walls committed to the humanistic initiative of the mobile arts. The New Era Museum’s goal is to spread the concept that the making of a popular art form as a worldwide artistic movement is available to everyone with a mobile device. Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured at this exhibition: Mark Daniels, Andrew Hays,…
New Photography Book – Street Exposé – Global Street Photography II by Cara Gallardo Weil
We’re delighted to announce that Street Exposé – Global Street Photography II is now available to purchase. It’s a book containing around 78% of mobile street photography by some of the world’s very best mobile photographers. Cara Gallardo Weil (also a fabulous Columnist for theappwhisperer.com Streets Ahead Column) has edited this book in a capturing and unique way. It’s one to savour. Photographers included within this book are: Allie Astell, Lee Atwell, Lecia Badran-Doane, Rosanna Cappiello, Fiona Christian, Roger Clay, Gina Costa, Alex Dejecation, Mikey Dela Peña, Donna Donato, Alon Goldsmith, Christophe Gremaud, Vivi Hanson Sacerdote, Arjan van der Horst, Eliano Imperato, Martin van de Kreeke, Heline Lam, Ric Maniquis,…






















