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Mobile Photography – StreetsAhead – Tribute to Arjan van der Horst Challenge Results

2016-05-172016-05-16 by Cara Gallardo Weil and Gina Costa

This challenge showcase was devoted to our Arjan van der Horst who we tragically lost not so long ago. The challenge was to use the Arjan film (created by the Hipstamatic team in honour of Arjan) to capture images in the way we knew he would from the wonderful images he left us to remember him by. The four images I have selected I feel best capture the spirit and style of our dear friend.

With many congratulations and huge thanks to Paula Betlem, FrauLN, Karen Axelrad, Christine Mignon, Gillian Brodie, Giulia Baita, Armineh Hovanesian, Montse Abad, Patricia Januszkiewicz, Ile Mont, Lee Atwell, Heather McAlister, Gina Costa, Marsha Leith, Lila Lile, Cara Gallardo Weil and Tuba Korhan.

So many thanks also to Cara Gallardo Weil for curating this challenge and to Gina Costa for the text.

(We would like Streets Ahead to be and interactive group, and for members to try to participate in the challenge). If you are a woman street photographer, please join our growing community (see links below).

Flickr Group (for weekly showcase submissions)

Flickr Challenge Group (this is a social group to enter your images for our Challenges)

Facebook Group (for information sharing/discussions)

Mobile Photography – Streets Ahead – Forty Eighth Edition – Women’s Street Photography Collective

2016-03-172016-03-17 by Cara Gallardo Weil and Gina Costa

Welcome to the forty eighth edition of “Streets Ahead,” a weekly column dedicated to women mobile street photographers. Each week we review and curate work that was submitted to our Flickr Group. In addition to creating a showcase video which features a sampling of submitted work, we also highlight a few images that caught our attention… offering some thoughtful commentary about technique, composition, and subject matter.If you are not a member of our Facebook group… we highly recommend that you join us! This is our space for sharing newsworthy information and conducting discussions (what, when, where, why and how) about Women Photographers/Artists and Street Photography, in general.

So, if you are a woman street photographer, please join our growing community… I’m sure that you will agree that we are a very enthusiastic and supportive group of women!!

• Flickr Group (for weekly showcase submissions)

• Facebook Group (for information sharing/discussions)

Gina Costa has once again commented on this weeks hand-picked images, it’s such a delight to read her expressive and articulate thoughts and Cara Gallardo Weil has put together a phenomenal video showcase, it will leave you breathless – thank you both so much.

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured this week including: Michelle Robinson, Laetitia HC, Liz Traynor, Ilana Akoundi, Armineh Hovanesian, Connie Gardner Rosenthal, Karen Axelrad, Jessy Menchaca, Gina Costa, Ile Mont, Vanessa Vox, Carlein van der Beek, Lee Atwell, Susan Rennie, Donna Donato, Pat Brown, Julia Nathanson, Jormain Cady, Montse Abad and Louise Whiting.

Streets Ahead – Women’s Mobile Street Photography – New Challenge – ‘Arjan’

2016-03-022016-03-02 by Cara Gallardo Weil and Gina Costa

We are proud to announce a new Challenge to our Women’s Mobile Street Photography Collective – Streets Ahead. The details are below and the selected images will be portrayed in a showcase later in the month, for an example of that, please see here.

CHALLENGE 12: Arjan

Deadline 13 March 2016

We felt it was time for a new challenge and as many of you will be aware, we very sadly lost an incredible mobile street photographer just a few weeks ago. Arjan van der Horst was an incredible person and used the app Hipstamatic a great deal, so much so, that following his death, the developers created a unique Arjan film in his honour. Our Challenge this month, is for you to use the Arjan film to capture images, in ways that we knew he would.

The Arjan film is free, just head over to your shopping basket, within the HIpstamatic app and you will see it there.

A recap of the rules and procedure for entry:

1. Maximum of three entries per person – please do not upload any other images to this group as it has been created specifically for the challenge only. The admins will delete images that are not relevant.

2. Upload your images to the group on flickr that has been created specifically for the challenge entries.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/2298376@N24/

3. Please label your image ‘Challenge 12: ‘Arjan’

4. Photos from a mobile device only please.

5. As this group is to highlight women photographers, we will only accept work shot by women.

Streets Ahead – Women’s Mobile Street Photography – New Challenge – ‘Shapes’!

2015-07-252015-07-25 by Cara Gallardo Weil

CHALLENGE 11: Shapes on the Street

Deadline 9h August 2015

Time for a new challenge. Shapes on the street. This could be any shape – a typically geometric one – circle, oval, etc or more a more abstract one. Preferably an image with a person or people in the image.

A recap of the rules and procedure for entry:

2. Upload your images to the group on flickr that has been created specifically for the challenge entries.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/2298376@N24/

3. Please label your image ‘Challenge 11: Shapes’

4. Photos from a mobile device only please.

5. As this group is to highlight women photographers, we will only accept work shot by women.

Image ©Cara Callardo Weil

Streets Ahead Interview: Susan Rennie – Mobile Street Photography

2015-03-092015-03-09 by Cara Gallardo Weil

This week, the Women’s Street Photography Collective (Streets Ahead) is pleased and honoured to feature Susan Rennie in our interview segment.

Susan began taking photographs in the late 60s and studied with Lisette Model. After a long career as an academic and women’s health activist, she retired in 2005 and became serious about mobile photography three years ago. Her sense of timing and composition has enabled her to capture some great moments. I highly recommend a visit to her galleries.

Flickr: Susan Rennie @susrennie

Streets Ahead Interview: Armineh Hovanesian – Mobile Street Photography

2015-02-172015-02-17 by Cara Gallardo Weil

This week, the Women’s Street Photography Collective (Streets Ahead) is pleased and honoured to feature Armineh Hovanesian in our interview segment. Born in Paris and raised in Tehran and Boston, Hovanesian is now based in Los Angeles. She has had no professional training and photography is currently a hobby for her.

Her work been featured in numerous blogs; TheAppWhisperer.com, NEM, Mobiography, Art of Mob, iPhone Photography School, Los Angeles Times, 43mm, F-Stop Photography Magazine, Platform 58, Artist Portfolio Magazine, Environment to be blog, EyeEm, iDownload Blog, iPhone Life Magazine, Grryo, Tarnished and True. She has received Honorable Mentions in Mobile Photography Awards in 2013 and 2014 in the Landscape and Portrait categories respectively, the GoPix Awards 2013, Mortal Muses, Hipstography, Photo Wars, Ianyan Magazine, A Pocket Camera and Phoozl.

Her work has also been included in several exhibitions; 11/11/11 group show at a local gallery, 12/12/12 group show at a local gallery, The SoHo Gallery for Digital Arts (New York), Anzoh Gallery, Stop Violence Against Women (2013 and 2014), NEM Kansas City.

I highly recommend a visit to her galleries:

Flickr: Armineh Hovanesian

You can follow Armineh on Instagram @armineh29 and Eye’Em @armineh

Streets Ahead – Women’s Mobile Street Photography – New Challenge!

2015-02-06 by Joanne Carter

CHALLENGE 9: Femininity

Deadline 20th February 2015

Time for a new challenge. Capturing femininity on the streets. We are changing the number of entries from one to three per person. Please choose your entries wisely – try to select your best.

A recap of the rules and procedure for entry:

2. Upload your images to the group on flickr that has been created specifically for the challenge entries.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/2298376@N24/

3. Please label your image ‘Challenge 9: femininity’

4. Photos from a mobile device only please.

5. As this group is to highlight women photographers, we will only accept work shot by women.

Streets Ahead – Challenge 9 – Selfies on the Street – TheAppWhisperer

2015-01-282015-01-28 by Cara Gallardo Weil and Gina Costa

Welcome to our Streets Ahead Challenge 9 ‘Selfies on the Street’ results. This challenge was different to our previous selfie challenge (which was in the style of Vivian Maier). This time, we wanted you to capture people taking selfies of themselves on the street – ‘social media models’.

With many congratulations to Dani Salvadori, Tuba Korhan, Armineh Hovansian, Basak Aytek, Lee Atwell and Saskia Howard for being featured this time. Huge thanks also to Cara Gallardo Weil for curated this challenge and to Gina Costa for the text.

Flickr Group (for weekly showcase submissions)

Flickr Challenge Group (this is a social group to enter your images for our Challenges)

Facebook Group (for information sharing/discussions)

Streets Ahead Interview: Basak Aytek – Mobile Street Photography

2015-01-132015-01-13 by Cara Gallardo Weil

This week, the Women’s Street Photography Collective (Streets Ahead) is please and honoured to feature Basak Aytek in our interview segment. Although relatively new to street photography, Basak’s work reveals that she has a gift for capturing the moment. Her willingness to learn and absorb information and advice given to her by other street photographers has resulted in an engaging body of work.

I highly recommend a visit to her galleries

Flickr: basakaytek

You can follow Basak on Instagram and Eye’Em: @basakaytek

Streets Ahead Interview: Angelique Manchanda-Peres – Mobile Street Photography

2014-12-152014-12-11 by Gina Costa

This week, the Women’s Street Photography Collective (Streets Ahead) is pleased and honoured to feature Angelique Peres Marchand in our interview segment. Manchanda-Peres grew up in Mumbai, India. She has always been interested in people, travel and geography and indirectly studied immunogenetics and neurochemistry at University. After University she joined British Airways and spent many happy years travelling the world.

In the early 1990’s she left Mumbai and went to live and work in Dubai, in the UAE for 12 years. She has been living in Ontario, Canada ever since, working as a book reviewer. One day, when asked to review a book of photographs (India) by Eric Meola, her love affair with photographs and color began.

Enjoy this interview, we think you will, very much…