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…
StreetVIEW – FACES OF THE SIDEWALK A Lesson in Gratitude
We are delighted to publish this social documentary photography project which authentically captures a homeless community in Vegas by our StreetVIEW columnist Laura Peischl. Peischl returned to Vegas to tell the story of those liviing on the streets. Their openness in sharing their lives enabled her to get up close and visualise the social cost of a system valuing profit over human welfare – homelessness representing a tangible consequence of an ever increasing chasm beetween rich and poor. An unkind world and a system not designed to help them succeed has deeply scarred many of them. They feel cast out, unwanted, invisible, forgotten. Peischl expressed “the biggest gift is simply…
Mobile Photography – The Changing Face of Florence with Covid-19 Captured by Dilshad Corleone (@italianbrother)
Last night, I was talking to my good friend, columnist and talented mobile photographer Dilshad Corleone. He relocated from London to Florence last year and has been capturing the changing face of the streets as the coronavirus crisis develops. We have created a showcase of his work and will hopefully add more images to this as time goes on. Stay well Dilshad.
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Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (1,127) via Instagram
Here’s day one thousand, one hundred and twenty seven 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 @smutekartur – Artur Smutek with this image. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag #theappwhisperer. To view more of their work, please go here
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (1,095) via Instagram
Here’s day one thousand and ninety 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 @mazetman – Monsieur Georges with this image, entitled ‘Born to be Wild’. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag #theappwhisperer. To view more of his work, please go here
Mobile Photography & Art – ‘Intimate Interview’ with Rob Pearson-Wright from London, United Kingdom
Our forty fourth interview in this new series of intimate interviews is with talented mobile photography and artist, Rob Pearson-Wright from London, UK. This is an exhilarating, big hearted and in places, ripplingly funny interview, pitch perfect, 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 Ak, Dale Botha, Lisa Mitchell, M. Cecilia Sao Thiago, Deborah McMillion, Rita Colantonio, Amy Ecenbarger, Jane Schultz, Anca Balaj, Joyce Harkin, Armineh Hovanesian, Kate Zari Roberts, Vicki Cooper, Peter Wilkin, Barbara Braman, Becky Menzies, Sukru Mehmet Omur, Sarah Bichachi, Michel Pretterklieber, Alon Goldsmith, Judy…
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (1,065) via Instagram
Here’s day one thousand and sixty 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 @micheldev – Michel with this image, entitled ‘Vlissingen’. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag #theappwhisperer. To view more of his work, please go here
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (1,043) via Instagram
Here’s day one thousand and forty 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 @nassavva – Anastasia Potekhina with this image, untitled. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag #theappwhisperer. To view more of her work, please go here
Mobile Photography/Art Pic of the Day (995) via Instagram
Here’s day nine hundred and ninety 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. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag #theappwhisperer. Today, we congratulate @luison with this image, untitled. To view more of his work, please go here
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.
