TheAppWhisperer
There is and there always has been a vast difference between a photographer and someone who is interested in photography. David Hurn (Hurn, D and Jay, B. On Being a Photographer. (3rd ed.) 1997. Pp.43-44) explains that the person who becomes a photographer in not interested in photography as an end result but uses photography […]
Mobile photography and art has a way of forming, shaping and holding in front of our eyes something we feel inside. It’s about storytelling, enabling viewers to develop a narrative of their lives and relate to their own experiences, in a new way. And, it is for this reason that I have curated and published […]
The desire to belong is one of the greatest driving forces behind TheAppWhisperer.com’s longevity. Roles of photographers and artists have changed throughout history and to many, they can be lonely or isolating pursuits but it is the facility to identify within the structure of a collective, that individuals seek counsel, share ideas and pull each […]
We are delighted to publish the results of our highly successful Draw The Line #AloneTogether Challenge. Huge thanks to our editors Carol Wiebe and Peter Wilkin for curating this and producing a wonderful video of the results. We had a fantastic response to #TAWAloneTogether & want to thank everyone who submitted to this challenge. The […]
“In these last decades ‘concerned’ photography has done at least as much to deaden conscience as to arouse it”, Sontag, S. On Photography (1979). Sontag argued that beleaguering the public with sensationalist photographs of war and poverty was a definitive way to numb the public’s response. Sontag believed that the more distressing images people viewed, […]
We are delighted to introduce our jury for our Mobile Symphonies Photography & Art Exhibition. Our new Mobile Symphonies Exhibition will explore the influence music has upon your digital art. We hope to feature digital paintings and photographs that have been moulded into complex experiences relevant to our theme, drawing a direct connection in the […]
“When in love, the sight of the beloved has a completeness which no words and no embrace can match : a completeness which only the act of making love can temporarily accomodate”, John Berger, Ways of Seeing, 1972. The way in which we see things is affected by what we already know or what we […]
I am delighted to publish Part 2 of The Impossible Exhibition – Covid Sessions – A Project by Andrea Bigiarini. This is a unique venture whereby mobile artists, throughout the world, who could leave home, were asked to film their streets. Or if they were confined, they filmed from their properties. It makes fascinating viewing […]
Art therapy has the power to relieve trauma and I believe it should be used widely to help survivors rebuild their lives. There seems to be a general consensus that more should be done to end slavery and trafficking but still it is an area of criminal activity that appears to be on the rise, […]
I am delighted to publish Part 1 of The Impossible Exhibition – Covid Sessions – A Project by Andrea Bigiarini. This is a unique venture whereby mobile artists, throughout the world, who could leave home, were asked to film their streets. Or if they were confined, they filmed from their properties. It makes fascinating viewing […]