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Mobile Photography & Art – ‘Intimate Interview’ with Paul Toussaint from New York, United States
Our fifty ninth interview in this new series of intimate interviews is with talented mobile photographer and artist Paul Toussaint from New York, United States. Toussaint, a traditionally trained photographer, is hailed a ‘ pioneer ’ in the iPhonic art movement by mastering the use of apps to create fine art images presented on wood, canvas, textured paper, and metal. His Grand Central Station series was part of Art Takes Time Square and Early Morning Fog which won 1st place in the 2012 iPhone Photography Awards. In the past, Toussaint’s work has been displayed in over twenty-two different galleries across the United States and Europe, and featured in video installations in…
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Mobile Photography & Art Saturday Poetry – ‘Fall’ by Didi Jackson with imagery by Jennifer Graham
This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is entitled ‘Fall’ by Didi Jackson. “I am curious to know how we come to understand death, its permeance and inevitability. These two young girls were moved and saddened at the goldfinch’s crash into my window, but they accepted the result with a resolve adults either find more difficult or ignore all together. Unfortunately, I know this is only one of several sorrows they will face in their lifetime. I wish I could change that fact for them, but ultimately no one can”, explained Jackson of this poem. I have matched this image entitled “And there are never really endings, happy or…
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Mobile Photography & Art – ‘Intimate Interview’ with Cathrine Halsør from Son, Norway
Our fifty eighth interview in this new series of intimate interviews is with talented mobile photographer and artist Cathrine Halsør from Son, Norway. Halsør has a background in graphic design and fell in love with the creative world and discovered the possibilities of the innovative photo apps on her Apple iPhone 4 in 2012. She has since then exhibited her art in Italy, Portugal, France, Cyprus, USA, Canada and in Norway. Halsør has been awarded several Honorable Mentions in the Mobile Photography Awards, as well as the Mira Mobile Prize. This is a remarkably creative and astutely finely crafted interview combined with a series of monumentally thrilling images. Enjoy! To…
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Mobile Photography & Art Saturday Poetry ‘This Morning I Pray for My Enemies’ by Joy Harjo with @ja_graham
This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is entitled ‘This Morning I Pray for My Enemies’ by Joy Harjo. Harjo was appointed the new United States poet laureate in 2019. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1951, Harjo is a member of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation. She is the author of several books of poetry, including An American Sunrise, which is forthcoming from W. W. Norton in 2019, and Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (W. W. Norton, 2015). She is a current Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Source poets.org I have matched this image entitled ‘The Book of Tea’ – Kakuzo Okakura by @ja_graham…