Mobile Photography & Art – Flickr/Instagram Group Showcase – 9 February 2020
“I’m with Edvard Munch, who said photography can’t compete with painting, because it can’t deal with heaven or hell”, said David Hockney in today’s Sunday Times. I’m inclined to disagree with this and of course, I can point to this weeks showcase to support my case. Our musical choice matches perfectly, love, loss and the nature of reality. Heaven and hell? Oh yes, having lived full lives, if we cannot cure mortality, should we at least die trying…? The one thing humans have to save them of the depths of despair is humour and like many I have a strong one, Hockney does too “Do you know why laughter is…
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (1,191) via Instagram
Here’s day one thousand, one hundred and ninety one of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we select one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram, with this hashtag #theappwhisperer. Today, we congratulate @effe5 -Guido Colla with this image, untitled Follow his Instagram account here
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (1,190) via Instagram
Here’s day one thousand, one hundred and ninety of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we select one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram, with this hashtag #theappwhisperer. Today, we congratulate @pause.and.breathe – Susan Latty – with this image, entitled ‘Courage’ Follow her Instagram account here
Mobile Photography Intimate Interview with Alastair Hooley @bigboystair from West Midlands, England, UK
Our ninety ninth interview in this series of intimate interviews is with talented mobile photographer Alastair Hooley from the West Midlands, England, UK. You may know of his work from his popular Instagram account, @bigboystair. Hooley recently had some of his mobile photography work exhibited in the Lansdowne in Birmingham as part of the ‘Birmingham now, before then’ photography exhibition, curated by @westmidsphotocollective along with 24 other local photographers. As a mobile photographer with just three years experience this is a fabulous accolade and demonstrates his natural raw talent. Enjoy! To read the other published interviews in this series including artists, Adria Ellis, Rino Rossi, Mehmet Duyulmus, Alexis Rotella, Lou Ann Sanford Donahue, Irene Oleksiuk, Kerry Mitchell, Filiz…
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (1,186) via Instagram
Here’s day one thousand, one hundred and eighty six of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we select one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram, with this hashtag #theappwhisperer. Today, we congratulate @lamoreauxphoto – Scott with this image entitled ‘Peterson Automotive Museum designed by @kohnpedersenfox taken on my iPhone 11Pro at the stoplight’. Follow his Instagram account here
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (1,185) via Instagram
Here’s day one thousand, one hundred and eighty five of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we select one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram, with this hashtag #theappwhisperer. Today, we congratulate @berleyart – Kim Clayton with this image entitled ‘Illumination’. Follow her Instagram account here
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (1,184) via Instagram
Here’s day one thousand, one hundred and eighty four of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we select one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram, with this hashtag #theappwhisperer. Today, we congratulate @tassiemattw – Matt with this image entitled ‘South Kensington, London’. Follow his Instagram account here
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (1,183) via Instagram
Here’s day one thousand, one hundred and eighty three of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we select one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram, with this hashtag #theappwhisperer. Today, we congratulate @bigboystair – Alastair Hooley with this image untitled. Follow his Instagram account here
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (1,182) via Instagram
Here’s day one thousand, one hundred and eighty two of our mobile photography/art Pic of the Day section via Instagram. Each day we select one image a day for our Pic of the Day section on Instagram, with this hashtag #theappwhisperer. Today, we congratulate @niphisi – Dirk – with this image entitled ‘HiDden paRadIse 2020‘. Follow his Instagram account here
Mobile Photography & Art – Artist’s Insights #1 – James Ellis
James Ellis is a Merge Maestro. To say he combines photos is quite an inadequate description of his work, as you will find out as you enjoy being privy to some of his approaches and techniques. And James loves line, employs it constantly, even though his subtlety of technique does not make that obvious. Over to James… My Work Is About Conveying Emotion When I work on my art I work to convey emotion. That’s the first place I start… “How am I feeling”. I also try to tell a story to get the viewer into my headspace. I may be influenced by a song… I sometimes even get a song…




































