MIRA Mobile Art Prize 2022 – Results
We are delighted to announce the Winner’s and the entire Shortlist of the 13th edition of the 2022 Annual MIRA Mobile Art Prize, created by Manuela Matos Monteiro and supported by TheAppWhisperer among others within the Mobile Art World. The award celebrates contemporary art within six specific categories, these include, Landscape, Portrait, Daily Life, Architecture, Minimal and Digital Art. The past few years we have all experienced so much hardship and loss that it makes this years MIRA Mobile Art Prize even more thrilling and meaningful. It was truly an honour and privilege to be member of the jury of this esteemed mobile photography and art competition, celebrating the world’s best mobile artists…
MIRA Mobile Photography Black and White Street Photography Competition – Deadline Extended
The deadline has been extended for the MIRA Mobile Photography black and white street photography competition until 1 February 2019. This is a free to enter competition. Click here to enter and find out more
MIRA Mobile Prize Black & White 2019 Competition Now Open For Entries
We are delighted to announce the MIRA Mobile Prize Black & White Competition is now open for entries. This is a free to enter competition with three images per photographer being permitted. The Jury consists of four globally awarded and/or recognised with merit for their photography and specifially their mobile photography, artists. These include Brendan O Se, Armineh Hovanesian, Jacinto Lara and Claudia Conteras. The winner of this competition will enjoy a week in Porto, Portugal (from any European country) with accomodation. The deadline for this competition is 26 January 2019. To enter and find out more, go here.
Mobile Photography & Art – MIRA Mobile Prize 2018 – Deadline for Entries Fast Approaching!
We’re fast approaching the deadline for the MIRA Mobile Prize 2018. This is a free to enter mobile photography and art competition with an exhibition of the winning art. The MIRA Mobile Prize is one of my favourite annual mobile photography and art competitions and I am extremely happy to be a member of the Jury. Please don’t hesitate to enter this competition. To read the rules, please go here.
Mobile Photography – MIRA Mobile Prize – Winner and Shortlist Results 2017 – Black & White Street Photography
I am so excited to publish the results of the Black and White Street Photography MIRA Mobile Prize competition 2017. Manuela Matos Monteiro, the host invited mobile photographers throughout the world to capture the true character and essence of a street environment including people, traffic, gardens and public places. This year the Jury comprised of Alfredo Cunha, Armineh Hovanesian, Brendan O Se, Edward Santos, Nadine Benichou and Tracy J Thomas and you will see from the quality of images selected, the high calibre of this years jury. An exhibition and book will be created including the winning images and the fifty runners up. The exhibition will be held at the…
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…
Mobile Photography / Art Competition – MIRA Mobile Prize – Deadline Extended
The deadline for the prestigious Mobile MIRA Prize competition has been extended to 10 March 2016. 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 an Exhibition in Porto, Portugal on 25th March 2017 until 6 May 2017. The Grand Prize winner will receive return paid for flights from a European capital…
Mobile Photography / Art Competition – MIRA Mobile Prize – Deadline Postponed
The organisers of the Mira Mobile Prize have extended the deadline for this fabulous competition to 5 March, 2016. This years theme is ‘Connections’, defined for this competition as ‘all kinds of connections: cultural, visual, emotional, symbolic’. 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 an Exhibition in Porto, Portugal on 30th April 2016 until 11th June 2016. The Grand Prize winner will receive return paid for flights from a European capital to Porto. Full board for five nights and more. You…
MIRA Mobile Prize 2015 – Exhibition of 50 Shortlisted Photographs – 18 April – 13 June Mira Forum Gallery – Portugal
It is so wonderful to see the images from the opening event of the MIRA Mobile Prize 2015, of which I was very proudly a Jury member. Manuela Matos Monteiro put on the most wonderful show, this is what she had to say; “The day was gorgeous, the exhibition fantastic and a lot of public attend to our exhibition. It was a great idea to project the 200 photo (50 shortlisted+150) because there is so great works worthy to be seen. Some mobile photographers from UK and Spain came to participate and that was really nice. The responsible of Culture in Porto was very proud with the exhibition. We thank…
Joanne Carter – TheAppWhisperer Speaks at The Photography Show 2015 – Seminar 1 – First Part
Many of you will be aware that I was invited to speak on stage at The Photography Show this year about mobile photography. This is the largest annual photography show in Europe and it was a privilege to be asked to talk. I was not given a brief, other than being told I had been booked for four 30 minute seminars over two days. I didn’t need or want a brief, I knew what I wanted to talk about, I knew what a wanted to share with the audience. I wanted to ensure that every single person that attended my talks, left inspired, invigorated with their minds buzzing at the…
