Best Photography Competitions and Awards to Enter in 2026
As someone who has worked within photography, journalism and publishing since 1997 and spent almost two decades building and editing TheAppWhisperer, I am often asked whether photography competitions are worth entering. My answer is usually the same: the right competition can be transformative, while the wrong one can be an expensive disappointment. Over the years, I have interviewed hundreds of photographers, reviewed portfolios, followed careers as they developed and watched photographers move from relative obscurity to international recognition. In many cases, a respected competition or award provided the breakthrough that helped their work reach a much wider audience. At the same time, I have seen photographers spend considerable sums entering…
Mobile Photography Awards Winners and Honourable Mentions Announced 2021
We are delighted to announce all of the first place Winners and the entire Honourable Mentions of the 10th Annual Mobile Photography Awards, created by Daniel Berman and supported by TheAppWhisperer among others within the Mobile Art World. This year we have all experienced so much hardship and loss that it makes this years Mobile Photography Awards even more thrilling. We have viewed and studied each image of the awards and the results speak for themselves. It is truly breathtaking and uplifing to view this body of mobile photography work. Congratulations to you all and of course many thanks to the judges, Dimpy Bhalotia, Rodrigo Rivas, Elaine Taylor, Dominka Koszowska,…
BBC Culture – ‘The Stunning Architecture Photos Taken with a Smartphone’ by Me
So happy to see my article on stunning architectural photography from The Mobile Photography Awards has just been published on the BBC Culture website. I took a look at some (I’m sorry, I could not report on them all) of the architectural images that won places in the Mobile Photography Awards this year. It’s a huge article and one that I was totally delighted to write and honoured to see published today. Thank you to Daniel Berman the founder of the Mobile Photography Awards, James Bacchi (the Judge for this category) and all who I interviewed and featured including: Kamil Konrad Kawczynski, Joao Batista Sousa, Dariusz Sobiecki, Pierre Hauser, Mark…
Our APPart Winners of the Mobile Photography Awards!
Our brilliant editor, Bobbi McMurry for our APPart Column has put together this stunning collage of all the images from this group that were awarded in the Mobile Photography Awards. What an incredibly talented group of artists we have! This is what Bobbi had to say about it: “So pleased to present a few of the outstanding images that were recognised in the 7th Annual Mobile Photo Awards – special thanks to Daniel Berman for creating and continuing to provide this venue for mobile artists and photographers to be seen. Also thanks to the judges who work tirelessly to cull the vast entries to make the selections you’ve no doubt…
Mobile Photography Awards (MPA’s) Deadline Extended To 18th December 2017
There’s still time to enter the fabulous Mobile Photography Awards 2017. The deadline has now been extended to 18th December 2017. Once again, I am privileged to be on the Jury this year and I can’t wait to see your entries, come on, join us! Click here to find out more.
Mobile Photography – TheAppWhisperer Joins the Mobile Photography Awards Judging Panel
I am very excited to announce that I am once again, part of the esteemed Judging panel for the Mobile Photography Awards this year. The Mobile Photography Awards are very dear to my heart as I know how much Dan Berman (the founder of these awards), values and cares for all of your work and how he strives to ensure that it is viewed by as many establishments around the world as possible. It is very prestigious to win an award at the Mobile Photography Awards and for me personally, it is a great honour to Judge your work. If you haven’t entered yet, please consider doing so. You can…
Mobile Photography Awards 2017 (MPA) Now Open for Submissions
The Mobile Photography Awards (MPAs) have been a mainstay to the Mobile Photography and Art community for seven years. Featuring some of the very best artists throughout the world, celebrating their immense talent and energy. This years competition is now open to receive your submissions until 11 Deceomber 2017 and as always there is a grand prize of $3,000 up for grabs. To find out more and/or to enter your images, please go here.
Mobile Photography Awards Sixth Annual Awards – Results!
We’re delighted to reveal that the Mobile Photography Awards (MPA) 2016 Results have now been announced. As always we (I speak as a member of the Jury) were succumbed by the wealth of talent displayed across our screens. We’ve had more entries to this competition than ever before and the quality of submissions has been totally outstanding across all the categories. Personally, it was an honour for me to be asked to be a key member of this jury for the 5th consecutive year by founder of the Mobile Photography Awards, Daniel Berman and also to serve with James Bacchi, Annette Schutz, Evgeny Tchebotarev, Jen Pollack Bianco, Brendan O Se,…
The Mobile Photography Awards Deadline Extended
If you were hoping to enter the Mobile Photography Awards and thought you may have missed the deadline, breath a sigh of relief as the deadline has now been extended to the 11th December 2016, so there’s still time! To find out more, please go here.
Mobile Photography Awards 2016 – Open for Entries
I am very pleased to be on the Jury once again, for this years Mobile Photography Awards the brainchild of Daniel Berman, I am in good company. There’s $3,000 up for grabs. All artists have between now and 4th December 2016 to get their entries in. More details here to help you with that.
