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Mobile Photography – StreetWise Winter 2017 / 2018 Showcase

19/03/201819/03/2018 by Ilana Buch-Akoundi and Lee Atwell

“I love the people I photograph. I mean, they’re my friends. I’ve never met most of them or I don’t know them at all, yet through my images I live with them.” Bruce Gilden

Hello Everyone!

Thank you for submitting your images to StreetWise Flickr group for our ‘Winter Showcase.’

We were touched by the soulfulness and warmth of your photos – beautiful winter scenes (whether in tropical or snowy settings) of people (and animals) looking out windows, windows as frames, windows reflecting cityscapes, people in public transportation, carrying umbrellas, lone figures in urban landscapes and photos of people connecting hand in hand, or embracing one another. Even in the often darker, bleaker times of the winter months, when taking street photos can present a challenge, so many of your images captured what it means to be human – our fragility and our connection to one another.

We are inspired by this international group and it is our honor for Ilana and I to curate so many wonderful artists from around the world, and to ultimately, share the showcases with you.

Ilana and I find it very difficult to choose such few images for the showcase from all those that were submitted and we want you to know that we appreciate each and every post!

As a reminder, we choose images for the showcase that are in keeping with our group’s intention and guidelines focusing on key aspects of street photography composition, timing, juxtaposition, catching the decisive moment rather than relying on too much aping or images that are more art oriented or painterly.

If you are a street photographer, please consider joining our growing community. To those new to our community, welcome – it’s great to have you join us!

Please continue to post your images to StreetWise Flickr group for showcase submissions:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/2750883@N25/pool/

Please note that StreetWise Facebook page is NOT for posting photographs but for sharing information/discussions, thank you!

A special thank you to Joanne.

We hope you feel inspired by this showcase and our wonderful group. Until next time, happy shooting everyone!

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured in our showcase including:

Basak Aytek, Daniel Vondav, Donna Donato, Dina Alfasi, Paula Betlem, Carlein, Kathy Clay, Vanessa Vox, Mark Fearnley, Allyson, Susan Rennie, Armineh Hovanesian, Julia Nathanson, Isabelle Wolter, Marc Zetterblom, Ger van den Elzen, Michel Dev1, Karen Axelrad, Michael Beresin, Laurence Bouchard, Paul Yan, Ocean Morisset, Christine Mignon, Myrna, Giulia Baita, Nick Kenrick, Luison, JH McB, Dixon Hamby, Valeria Cammareri, and Rene Valencia

Mobile Photography – Instagram TAKEOVER with @gilliannb – Gillian Brodie – Day 4

24/02/2018 by Joanne Carter

We are so excited with our latest Instagram TAKEOVER this time with @gilliannb – Gillian Brodie. She is a highly respected and talented artist and has been granted full access to our Instagram account and she is doing a magnificent job. We are very proud of her! Please take a look at her Instagram feed to see what an incredible artist she is.

On day 4 @gilliannb highlighted this image by talented mobile photographer @mitrydate and she writes “Hi everyone, @gilliannb here for @theappwhisperer posting my second pic for today. I have chosen this gorgeously dreamy & mysterious street shot from @mitrydate ✨ I have been following her since my early days here on IG and can highly recommend a visit to her feed which is full of the most wonderful street photography & urban visions”.

Later on day 4 @gilliannb highlighted this image by our talented co-editor (with @lee_atwell) of our StreetWise Column @ilanaakoundi – Ilana Akoundi and she writes “Hello from Saturday morning in Australia ! @gilliannb here for @theappwhisperer. As a lover of BnW, of street photography, and of strong graphic elements in photos – I couldn’t go past this great street shot by @ilanaakoundi. She has captured a moment on the street that beautifully encapsulates all of those things, also making great use of the strong light & resulting shadows ✨“.

Please take a look at our @TheAppWhisperer Instagram account to follow all the goings on and please also tag your images with #TheAppWhisperer, so that they can be found and potentially featured.

Mobile Photography – StreetWise Autumn Showcase 2017

08/11/201708/11/2017 by Ilana Buch-Akoundi and Lee Atwell

“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality is” Ansel Adams Hello Everyone! Thank you for submitting your images to StreetWise Flickr group. Lee and I continue to be amazed at all the wonderful photographs submitted to StreetWise. We are proud to curate so many incredible artists from around the world, this is … Read more Mobile Photography – StreetWise Autumn Showcase 2017

Mobile Photography – StreetWise – ‘Shooting From The Knees’ Challenge Results

21/04/201721/04/2017 by Ilana Buch-Akoundi and Lee Atwell

“Taking an image, freezing the moment, reveals how rich reality truly is…” Ansel Adams Hello everyone! Thank you all for submitting your images to our StreetWise Flickr group for our 11th Challenge Shooting from the Knees. This wasn’t an easy challenge and we were thrilled by and are always so inspired by the quality of … Read more Mobile Photography – StreetWise – ‘Shooting From The Knees’ Challenge Results

Mobile Photography StreetWise Eighth Challenge Results ‘People Working on the Street’

19/01/201719/01/2017 by Joanne Carter

“The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany” Rebecca Solnit

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our Eighth StreetWise Challenge ‘People Working in the Street.’ We are thrilled to share it with you!

Thank you so much for participating and sharing your wonderful photographs. Lee and I were delighted by all the beautiful submissions to this fun challenge. It was particularly fascinating for us to see how people work in the streets in neighbourhoods from around the world and our showcase beautifully reflects a global coming together.

As always, Lee and I hope you enjoy the showcase as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

A reminder — we choose images for the showcase that are in keeping with our group intention and guidelines “We believe that it is important to focus on the key aspects of street photography composition, timing, juxtaposition, catching the decisive moment rather than relying on too much apping. We therefore feel that apping should be kept to a minimum cropping, tweaking exposure, colour, adding a grain or texture is okay, but we would like to see you steer away from overly app’ed images that are more art oriented or painterly.”

If you are a mobile street photographer, please consider joining our growing community.

To those new to our street photography community, welcome – it is great to have you join us!

Flickr Group (for weekly showcase submissions) https://www.flickr.com/groups/2750883@N25/pool/

Facebook Group (for information sharing/discussions) StreetWise – Mobile Street Photography – an TheAppWhisperer.com Group

A special thank you to Joanne.

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured in this showcase including: Paul Yan (Cresting Wave), Christeau Gremaud, Daniel Vondav, Magda DJM, Connie Gardiner Rosenthal, Dave Weinberg (Cellphonesketchpad1), Marizio Zanetti-Mauzzan, Deena Berton, Manuela (Headattackscrealitys), Robin358, Gergely Hando, Luison, Ile Mont, Paula Betlem, Karen Axelrad, Basak Aytek, Guilia.baita, Melissa David, Kate Zari Roberts, Nick Kenrick, JH McBandy Smartphoneographer, Pier Luigi Dodi, Liliana Schwitter.

Mobile Photography – StreetWise – Seventh Challenge – ‘Shapes and Geometry in the Street’

14/10/201614/10/2016 by Ilana Buch-Akoundi and Lee Atwell

Hello Everyone!

The theme of our next challenge is ‘Shapes and Geometry in The Street’

Deadline: October 31, 2016

“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place” Elliot Erwitt

Shapes and Geometry are popular themes in any genre of photography, and street photography is no different. There are so many wonderful ways to incorporate both elements into your street shots. From the passing of a square or rectangular window, a circular cutout on a construction site wall, large triangular marble slabs on the side of a building there are numerous architectural details of multitude shapes, the repeated pattern of a floor or walkway, and even to lights and shadows that form dramatic shapes and geometry. Shapes and geometry are all around us in our environment and create balance and structure as well as add interesting graphic detail to the composition of a photograph. Sometimes, even how we frame a photo creates a geometric pattern or shape. The options are literally endless!

We are excited to view your submissions each month and look forward to curating your photographs for this next ‘Shapes and Geometry’ showcase.

A recap of our rules and procedure for entry:

For the challenge please post only FOUR photos to our Flickr challenge site and in your title description include ‘StreetWise Shapes and Geometry’.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/2811204@N24/pool/

Please post photos for our monthly showcase here:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/2750883@N25/pool/

We look forward to your photos.

Mobile Photography – StreetWise – Sixth Challenge Showcase ‘Reflection in the Street’

07/10/201607/10/2016 by Ilana Buch-Akoundi and Lee Atwell

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our Sixth StreetWise Challenge Showcase ‘Reflection in the Street.’ We are thrilled to share it with you.

Thank you so much for participating and sharing your beautiful photographs. Lee and I were quite wowed by all the incredible submissions to this challenge. There were so many varying, artistic ways in which reflection was captured that it was difficult for us to chose amongst them. It’s also nice to see our wonderful, creative group continue to grow.

As always, Lee and I hope you enjoy this showcase as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured in this showcase, including:

Cara Gallardo Weil, Manuela Basadella, Giulia Baita, Karen Axelrad, Donna Donato, Dinalfs, Ocean Morisset, Christine Mignon, Maurizio Zanetti, Yuri Rasin, Vanessa Vox, Laurence Bouchard, Ile Mont, Bonny Beezzz_, Christine Mignon, Armineh, Hovanesian, Wnick Maygay, Melissa David, be.mo.re (hopes), Luison, Joshua Sarinana, Magda djm, Vondav. Manuela Basaldella,

A reminder that the deadline for the October Showcase is October 15^th. Please post your photographs to the Flickr site to be considered for the showcase.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/2750883@N25/pool/

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Mobile Photography StreetWise Sixth Challenge ‘Reflection in the Street’

21/09/201621/09/2016 by Ilana Buch-Akoundi and Lee Atwell

Hello Everyone!

We are in the process of curating our September Showcase and wanted to thank you for submitting such wonderful images we look forward to sharing it with you soon!

The theme of our next challenge is “Reflection in the Street’

Deadline: September 31, 2016

“A photograph can be an instant of life captured for all eternity that will never cease looking back at you.” — Bridget Bardot.

While walking in the streets there are reflections everywhere, in windows, mirrors, on rainy days, in puddles, on metallic and shiny surfaces, that capture our attention — sometimes we even see our own reflection when capturing a photo. This challenge is to find those reflections and figure out how to capture them that makes for a great photo.

We are excited to view your submissions each month and look forward to curating your photographs for this next ‘Reflection” showcase.

A recap for the rules and procedure for entry:

For the challenges please post up to FOUR photos to our Flickr Challenge Site and in your title or description include ‘StreetWise Reflection’.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/2811204@N24/pool/

Please post photos for our monthly showcase here:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/2750883@N25/pool/

We look forward to seeing your photos.

Mobile Photography – StreetWise – Welcome and Fifth Challenge – ‘Accessories in the Street’

19/08/201619/08/2016 by Ilana Buch-Akoundi and Lee Atwell

Hello Everyone!

We are in the process of curating our August StreetWise showcase and wanted to thank you all for submitting such great images – we look forward to sharing it with you soon!

The theme of our next challenge is ‘Accessories in the Street’.

CHALLENGE 5: ‘Accessories in the Street’

Deadline: August 31st, 2016

“Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.” Epictetus, First Century, AD

While walking the streets it is evident that the height of the summer season is upon us, given the attire and accessories that people are adorning themselves in.

Our challenge this month is ‘Accessories’ – hats, sunglasses, shoes, purses, jewellery, watches, etc.

As photographers in the streets we are always scanning our environment for light, shadows, people, animals, situations etc, that capture our attention – the ‘decisive moment’. When taking photos of people, we often will notice interesting characters and often what makes them stand out in a crowd is the clothes or accessories they are wearing – and, it can be that their accessories can make the difference between capturing a good photo versus a great photo.

We are are thrilled to view your submissions each month and look forward to seeing and curating your photos for this next ‘Accessories’ showcase.

A reminder we have two Flickr groups – please post your challenge photos to the following link labeled in the title or description with ‘StreetWise Accessories Challenge.’

A recap of the rules and procedure for entry:

For challenges please post up to four photos to our Flickr Challenge Showcase Site and in your title or description include ‘StreetWise – Accessories’.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/2811204@N24/pool/

Please post photos for our monthly showcase here:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/2750883@N25

We look forward to seeing your photos.

Mobile Photography – StreetWise Showcase – June 2016

20/06/201620/06/2016 by Ilana Buch-Akoundi and Lee Atwell

“There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” Robert Frank

We were thrilled and particularly moved by your photos submitted to our StreetWise Flickr group and chose images for the showcase that are in keeping with our group’s intention and guidelines “We believe that it is important to focus on the key aspects of street photography composition, timing, juxtaposition, catching the decisive moment rather than relying on too much aping. We therefore feel that aping should be kept to a minimum cropping, tweaking exposure, colour, adding a grain or texture is ok but we would like to see you steer away from overly app’ed images that are more art-oriented or painterly.”

Thank you so much for participating and inspiring us with your images once again, it was difficult to choose only a relatively few images from all those that were submitted.

We hope you enjoy viewing the showcase as much as we enjoyed putting it together!

If you are a mobile street photographer, please consider joining our growing community.

Flickr Group (for weekly showcase submissions).
Facebook Group (for information sharing/discussions).

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured in this showcase including:

Cara Gallardo Weil, Luison, Giulia Baita, Rene Valencia, Paul Yan, Katie Zari Roberts, Rob Pearson-Wright, Julia Nathanson, Maruf Choudbury, Andrew B. White, Roy Savoy, RK, Ocean Morisset, Roger Guetta, Ger van den Elzen, Jo Sullivan, Dinalfs, Nick Kenrick, Connie Gardiner Rosenthal, Laurence Bouchard, Carlein, Louise Whiting