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MIRA Mobile Prize 2019 – 7th Edition – Competition Results
I am delighted to congratulate all the participants and winners in this years MIRA Mobile Prize. I was fortunate once again to be a member of this jury along with, Andrea Bigiarini, Dan Berman, Gina Costa, Giulia Baita and Luis Octavio Costa and I have been so impressed with all the entries, each year the standard gets higher and higher. From five thousand images, to one overall winning image, one overall landscape winner and the best rated Portuguese winner. With a further fifty shortlisted images in addition to another 150 images, all will take part in an exhibition and book of this years MIRA prize. The exhibition will open on…
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Mobile Photography / Art New Year Resolutions 2019 From Artists Throughout The World
We are delighted to publish our New Year Resolutions for 2019 from a selection of highly talented mobile photographers and artists throughout the world. As in previous years we have asked mobile photographers and artists for their New Year Resolutions with an accompanying image or video . Thank you to everyone who has contributed, they all make great reading, viewing and are inspiring, we are forever grateful to you all. One of my New Year Resolutions this year is to accept an invitation to at least one Private View Exhibition each month. Naturally, I do not want to attend these on my own, so I am inviting our readers to contribute…
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New Projects – Our New Form of Artistic Installation aka ‘The Quilt’ Is Ready!
We’re delighted to inform our readers that the quilt that so many of you contributed to, has now been completed. For those of you not aware of this project, it involved mobile artists contributing one image and each one was then carefully included within a large quilt to be displayed at the next gallery show or even Mobile Arts Festival. There has been a few obstacles along the way and we have overcome each one. This quilt was sewed together and finalised by none other than mobile artist, Lorenka Campos’ mother in law. We all owe her much gratitude. The quilt is now with Lorenka Campos, so if you would…
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Mobile Photography – MIRA Mobile Prize – Winner and Shortlist Results – 2017 ‘Earth Our Planet’
This years MIRA Mobile Prize was dedicated to our very dear friend Carolyn Hall Young, a truly honourable, hugely talented and very much loved artist and friend to so many, not least myself and I truly miss her every single day. Thank you Manuela Matos Monteiro for organising this years competition and for dedicating it to our loved one, I know she would be so honoured and very proud. I am delighted to congratulate all of the participants in this years MIRA Mobile Prize, 2017. I was fortunate to be a member of this Jury (along with Andrea Bigiarini, Gina Costa, Aldo Pacheco, Lee Atwell, Cadu Lemos, Jose Miguel and…
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Mobile Photography / Art Competition – MIRA Mobile Prize 2017
I am so proud to be a member of this esteemed mobile photography and art annual competition alongside, Aldo Pacheco, Andrea Bigiarini, Cadu Lemos, Gina Costa, Jose Miguel, Lee Atwell and Michael Jones. Many thanks to Manuela Matos Monteiro for inviting me. Each year there is a specific theme for the competition, this year it is ‘Earth – our home’ – to read more about the definition of this competition, please go here. This free to enter competition allows you to submit up to three images related to this theme. All images must have been taken and edited with a mobile device. The winning images will be displayed within…
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Mobile Art Competition The Equinox Experience Exhibition Call for Entries
Andrea Bigiarini founder of The New Era Museum (NEM) has asked me to share news of a very exciting new project entitled ‘The Equinox Experience Exhibition’ in association with Crossmedia Group and Florence International Photography Awards (FIPA). This is to be an immersive photography exhibition dedicated to Mobile Art, located in the deconsecrated historical church of Santo Stefano al Ponte in the heart of old Florence, few metres from Ponte Vecchio. Submissions are being received now until 19 February 2017. The theme is “The balance of two opposing forces”. The Jury includes; Edward Santos, Lisa Peters, Jo Sullivan, Armineh Hovanesian, Jane Schultz, Ginaluca Ricoveri and Brett Chenoweth. Twenty of the…
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Mobile Photography / Art New Year Resolutions 2017 From Around The World
When we think of a new year, we sometimes think of a fresh start and with that, our minds start racing with ways to improve on what we did last year. Sometimes, New Year Resolutions are ambitious, sometimes less so but all are supposed to hold the promise of commitment for the entire year. This can be difficult to achieve and it can be hard to keep up the enthusiasm but not impossible. It’s important to not only enjoy big goals but also to enjoy the little things, looking at the stars at night, walking barefoot in the grass… essentially bring more peace to our lives. In many ways, following…
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Mobile Photography Competition Results of Honourable Mentions Announced – Impossible Humans – The Unexpected Happening Exhibition
We are delighted to publish the Honourable Mentions of the Impossible Humans – The Unexpected Happening Exhibition due to be displayed in Rome on 12 March 2016, at the Galleria Lancellotti. Many thanks to Andrea Bigiarini for creating and hosting this event and to all the jurors involved. Many congratulations to all the Honourable Mentions, these include: Arpi, Lee Atwell, Lorenka Campos, Cindy Buske, Emma Amar, Armineh Hovanesian, Joshua Sarinana, Manuela Basaldella, Martin Duerr and Ginaluca Ricoveri.
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Brought to Light – Mobile Photography/Art Interview with Robi Gallardo
Robi Gallardo’s photography shows an instinctive grasp of narrative and metaphor. Each image carefully composed and produced to accentuate the images in his head. His restless vision and relentless curiosity is conclusive evidence of the important visual chronicler that we have before us. Gallardo’s photographs demonstrate an instinctively gifted individual pursuing his own creative journey with clarity and brilliance. This is our new interview section for mobile photographers and mobile artists and we hope to be filling it very soon with vast explosions of thought and imagery. These questions are designed to explore the artist behind the work, to get to know them a little more intimately. We recently published…
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‘Brought To Light’ – Mobile Photography / Art Interview with Andrea Bigiarini
We have a new interview section for mobile photographers and mobile artists and hope to be filling it very soon with vast explosions of thought and imagery. These questions are designed to explore the artist behind the work, to get to know them a little more intimately. We are delighted to publish our first one today with none other than Andrea Bigiarini, Founder of the New Era Museum and FIPA Florence International Photography Awards as well as writer, author, Imagineer and digital artist. He tells me he lives on the Appstore but lives in Florence, Italy. Enjoy… Link to his blog
