Light Impressions Artist #1- Robert Herold
Pecs, Hungary
“iPhoneography is an opportunity for grasping time.” – Robert Herold
“I am a Hungary-based iPhoneographer. I live with my iPhoneographer wife, kids and our dog. I work as a scientist in the field of social cognition.
I was infected with iPhoneography at the beginning of 2010. It means a new look to the world for me. I am obsessively focused on time, and the iPhone is a unique tool to capture it, because I can take photos whenever the moment comes. My iphoneographs are the projections of my feelings, thoughts and ideas.
My iPhone pictures have been seen at P1XELS: The Art of the iPhoneexhibtions and on their curated website, as well as in MMS Galleryexhibitions throughout the United States.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/_herro/
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Light Impressions Artist #2- Jill Gaupin
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
“iPhone photography has given my creativity flight in unexpected and wonderful ways. I see the world in light, patterns, lines and symmetry, shapes and textures. But I’ve never been able to share my perspective. iPhone photography has changed that. It’s magical.” – Jill Gaupin
Jill Gaupin lives in the small beach resort community of Santa Rosa Beach on the northern gulf coast of Florida with her two teen boys.
New to photography, Jill is a passionate iPhoneographer and likes to capture moments, situations, people, and things that inspire her as she goes about her day. Although she prefers not to label her style of iPhone photography, she does try to keep post-processing to a minimum. Jill takes and processes all of her photography on her iPhone.
When not taking iPhone photos, she works as a hyperlocal web publisher, netpreneur and blogger. A lifelong learner, she is also pursing an RN degree at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Florida.
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/iPhonePhotographyConnect
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Website/Blog: JillGaupin.com
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Light Impressions Artist #3- Jenny Markley
Arlington, VA
Jenny Markley enjoys the simple beauty of ordinary objects and moments that are lost in plain sight. Vibrant colors and clean lines are constant themes in her photos. Jenny has a variety of film and digital cameras, but her iPhone is often the tool of choice when it comes to capturing the things that catch her eye.
For Jenny, the iPhone quickly evolved from being a tool of convenience to one that she can’t live without. Two of her favorite camera apps are ShakeItPhoto and CrossProcess.
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/mennyj/
Twitter: Twitter/com/mennyj
Website/Blog: snapcophoto.com
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Light Impressions Artist #4- Jim Darling
Washington, DC
Jim is a graphic designer-turned-photographer in Washington DC specializing in environmental and “street” portraiture.
From 2008 – 2010, Jim completed the “100 Strangers Project“, a public group on Flickr.com. It was here where he honed his skills for portraiture and re-awakened his passion for photography he hadn’t felt since the early 90s.
He is a frequent contributor to many DC blogs and publications and has been a featured photographer in the DCist Exposed Photography Showin 2009, 2010 and 2011. His work was selected for the 2010 “Portraits of DC” Contest by The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Most recently Jim spoke about his on-going iPhone Portrait Project at the Apple Store (Upper West Side) in New York City.
His favorite cameras are his Canon 7D and his iPhone4.
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_darling/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/mr_darling
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Light Impressions Artist #5- Jamie Stewart
Rutland, UK
“I’m a 40 year old actor and photographer based in the UK. I’m married to Zoe, a theatrical agent and producer and we have a 9 month old baby girl called Lola. At the start of this year I started to realize the potential of my iphone as a camera, and now it’s my main camera, constant companion, and pretty much an extension of my eye. I sometimes post work under the name Mineowneye.”
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed.” – Garry Winogrand.
Flickr: Flickr.com/mineowneye
Twitter: @Mineowneye
Website/Blog: Mineowneye.com
iphoneart.com/Mineowneye
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Light Impressions Artist #6- Amo Passicos
Prades le Lez, France
“Life is cyclic. It is the same thing with my photgraphy: sometimes I shoot in colour, sometimes in black and white, square, digital or film.
I have been using my iPhone to take pictures and process them for a year now. I never say to myself that a particular format will be the most appropriate for a particular situation. It is a risk I take at the beginning of a photographic session. I don’t compute. I am not looking for the best composition ever. I open my eyes, see something that attracts me, I select angle, I push the button and it’s over.
Whatever happens afterwards is pretty random. Sometimes the image acquires meaning, a story is captured. Sometimes it remains silent and is ruhtlessly deleted.” – April 2011
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/amo_iphoneography/
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Website/Blog: Melle-amo.fr/
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Light Impressions Artist #7- Giuseppe Navone
Piedmont, Italy
“This is my first experience in photography. Although I have always been passionate about photography, my artistic life has been devoted to painting and drawing and I have participated in national and European exhibitions, winning awards and certificates merito Ora. I approached this world of photography because I discovered the great artistic potential that may arise and I love the comparison with others on this issue.
My discovery of this world called iPhone Photography was random. One day on opening a web page I saw a black and white photo and I was particularly touched when I learned that everything was done with a mobile phone. From this image I was impressed and my curiosity to discover new things did the rest.
I no longer consider it a phone, but a small laptop computer with a lens. I consider it my memory of things that catch my eye in the moment. What comes in to my various internal programs give way to my fantasy of manifest. iPhone Art is my way of seeing things.”
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Website/Blog: iphoneart.com/Driver
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Light Impressions Artist #8- Chris Shaw
Manchester, England
“What i love about iPhoneography is sharing, in this new era of social media, the whole world has become a melting pot of ideas and creativity. Sharing a moment in time across the planet in a instant – magic.” – Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw (AKA catcalledmorris) was born and raised in the small industrial town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, UK, just a stones throw from the more natural beauty of the Lake District.
Chris is now based in Manchester in the north of England. The former art student bought a iPhone 2 years ago and this has rekindled his passion for photography in a way he hasn’t felt since dabbling with film and darkrooms in the mid 90′s. He has found his creative voice again through the new art form of iPhoneography.
Chris put together a month long solo exhibition “i heart pixeled onions” in late 2010, which was the first iPhoneography exhibit to be held in Manchester, and also has a image published in the iPhoneography book - www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2010832.
Drinks Yorkshire tea.
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/catcalledmorris/
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Light Impressions Artist #9- Knox Bronson
Oakland, CA
Knox Bronson is founder and curator of P1XELS: the Art of the iPhone, the site of record for the emergent, global art form, iphoneography. He has produced a number of juried iphoneographic gallery shows and, at the request of Apple, events around the country in its theater stores to introduce the medium to the public.
A composer/arranger/producer and singer as well, he has works in the permanent collection of the SF Museum of Modern Art. His electronic/orchestral and vocal works are available on iTunes. He produces a semi-quarterly magazine P1XELS, usually in conjunction with gallery shows.
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Twitter: @KnoxBronson
Website/Blog: KnoxBronson.com
PixelsAtAnExhibition.com
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Light Impressions Artist #10- Amy Hughes
Chicago, IL
Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts; currently residing in Chicago, Illinois. Graduate, Art Institute of Boston.
You could say my father started this all when he brought home a Polariod 100 black and white camera in the 1960s. Sure it had bellows on it and you had to peel apart the film and use the smelly fixer stick so the print didn’t yellow… I loved it even as a small child.
I did move on to the beloved Kodak instamatics and eventually in school I started using homemade pinhole, Pentax and Nikon cameras. But nothing has excited me more than using the iPhone to capture and create what is now considered a truly revolutionary art form.
Which always leads back to the question: What does iPhoneography mean to you? And I always answer with sincerity and utter seriousness: not having to wait for film to develop. Thanks, Dad
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/amaeye/
Twitter: Twitter.com/smallmegapixel
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Light Impressions Artist #11- Marty Yawnick
Fort Worth, TX
“I have a camera. Sometimes, I use it to make phone calls.” – Marty Yawnick
Marty Yawnick is a freelance graphic designer and he owns Type A Design, a small graphic design studio based in Dallas/Fort Worth. He holds a degree from College of the Canyons, where he majored in Fine Arts — theatre, art, music and film. Marty also writes and publishes Life In LoFi (www.lifeinlofi.com), one of the world’s leading iPhone photography blogs.
In addition to travel, baseball, and various genres of music, his interests include photography and is a respected iPhoneographer as well. His works have been featured locally and globally, including “Pixels at an Exhibition: The Giorgi Gallery Show”, the first EYE’EM Berlin exhibit, and the first “Pixels at Apple” shows.
“I grew up around photography,” Marty says. “When I was a kid, my dad had a makeshift darkroom and we would process Kodak Plus-X Pan that we’d shot. Later in school, photography was something I took throughout junior high and high school.
“I’ve been shooting with a phone since about 2005. I started shooting a project with my old Motorola RAZR. It had a horrible camera! VGA, small picture, no dynamic range, noisy like you wouldn’t believe! And I thought it’s qualities would compliment the bleakness and monotony, if you will, of the Dallas/Fort Worth suburban landscape. I keep threatening to exhibit that project…!
“I’ve been shooting with an iPhone since I got my 2G in June of 2008. I love the digital lo-fi qualities of the camera — the color qualities and the noise the 2G added to an image. I love how the iPhone’s camera is practically invisible. You can get the camera into places that you can’t with other cameras without effecting the subject or the scene. I currently shoot mostly with an iPhone 4, although we keep an old 2G around when I feel like shooting lo-fi.
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/9768613@N06/
Twitter: Twitter.com/MartyNearDFW
Website/Blog: LifeinLoFi.com
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Light Impressions Artist #12- Joan R. Bada Suñe
Catalonia, Spain
“My name is Joan Ramon Bada. I am 49 years old, I am married and the father of a daughter. I’m from Vilalba dels Arcs, a small town in Catalonia (Spain), west of the Mediterranean sea dedicated to viticulture. Hence my profession is that of winemaker.
The other passion of my life is the photography, that’s for I’m dedicated to it professionally. I love photographing people and landscapes around me. And I like the post-treatment image, the black and white photography.
I started working with the cameras roll, even had my laboratory revealed in black and white. I started with to digital photography using the digital retoct with differents programs that were at my fingertips. I found the photo with the iPhone around now six or seven months ago, looking photos from other photographers on Flickr and on “Pixels at an Exhibition” and, I found that opened a whole new area to explore.
With the iPhone I could get into a more creative world where I can contribute more to the picture of me and where I find every day new creative possibilities. And especially when photographing the power to capture images in the spontaneity of the moment. I want to thanks all those of whom I learned, much iPhonographers have helped me to discover this wonderful world.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/joanrbada/
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Website/Blog: Joanrbada.tumblr.com/archive
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Light Impressions Artist #13- Colleen Duffley
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Colleen Duffley has been shooting people, places and things around the globe for 25 years. She shoots, directs, produces, and concepts for magazines, commercials and ad campaigns, but has never limited herself and has since developed plan b., or Studio b. rather – a creative venue that brings together the best of the best in all things creative. It only seems fitting since the first event of Studio b. was a camera phone event and now three years later, as Studio b. has grown nationally and internationally, that the camera phone event has led to this iPhoneography exhibit. Colleen’s purpose behind the original event was to create a level playing field where all people could be creative, and not need expensive equipment. It’s about capturing a moment and being a part of a creative group. Colleen always has to take things to the next level.
“I shoot my iPhone when I’m on the run! (Actually, I’m exercising…) It’s my time to not have the pressures of a paid gig, and I get to shoot just for me. No pressure, no deadline, no assignment. It’s when I’m truly just playing, and it gives me freedom and instant gratification, much like the polaroid did in it’s day. The iPhone is my Polaroid.” -Colleen Duffley
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Website/Blog: www.colleenduffleyphotography.com
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Light Impressions Artist #14- Jason Donnelly
Des Moines, Iowa
Jason Donnelly is a professional photographer who specializes in Commercial Photography. He is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and alumni of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Jason is currently employed as a staff photographer for Meredith Corporation which is located in Des Moines,Iowa.
Jason began his career as a photographer assistant for Colleen Duffley, located in both Dallas, Texas and Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. Following working with Colleen Duffley, he established himself as a Staff Photographer with Meredith Corporation.
Over the years, Jason has experienced the art of photography in a variety of national and international countries. His favorite location being Galway, Ireland. “Where the beautiful surroundings and culture create an ideal location”
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Light Impressions Artist #15- Dan Piassick
Dallas, Texas
Dan Piassick is a photographer whose shots have been seen in Veranda, Southern Accents, Ladies Home Journal, D Home, D magazine, Western Interiors and Texas Home and Living, Southwest Art, Better Homes and Gardens and a variety of coffee table books.
Born and raised with Dallas as his backyard, his boot collection easily gives away his affinity for Texas rock. While it might seem like his arm muscles are so defined from lugging around all that camera equipment, the truth is that those guns are well-earned from nights spent drumming for a Rockabilly band, The Texas Bop Cats.
With thousands of images shot with his iPhone he has been able to document the world in which he lives. Just ask his best friend Woodstock, his Australian Shepherd mix.
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Website/Blog: Piassick.com/iPhoneArt/
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Light Impressions Artist #16- Star Rush
Seattle, WA
“iPhone Photography is photography, a means to describe and better understand myself and my world by observing, reflecting, and capturing light, motion, stillness with an ever-resent, accessible tool that stimulates diverse creative expression through its synergy of several photographic processes into one platform.” – Star Rush
Star Rush is a photographer, writer, and educator in Seattle.
She is passionate about the emerging art form of mobile photography. Rush captures images with an iPhone 3Gs, working primarily with black and white in documentary and street styles.
Her poetry and essays have been published in various literary journals, and she’s participated in several mobile photography exhibits.
Rush is currently the Dean of Arts & Humanities at Bellevue College in Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A., and will soon return to teaching writing at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington.
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/star_rush360/
Twitter: @StarRush360
Website/Blog: Starrush360.tumblr.com/
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Light Impressions Artist #17- Greg Schmigel
Annapolis, MD
“There’s something special and unique about shooting street photography. It’s real. It’s true slices of life as we see it — and many times, slices of life as the rest of us miss it.” – Greg Schmigel
“My name is Greg Schmigel. I am a street photographer.
My photographs take a quick candid look at everyday moments — the lives of people and strangers that I encounter on the street or in public places. I find beauty in these simple aspects of life; the face of a stranger, the way a person walks, the shadows or reflections of a man or woman or even the simple smile on the face of a passing child.
I have always felt that 90% of photography is about what the photographer sees. The choice of camera makes up the rest. My camera of choice is an iPhone. My iPhone just happens to be the camera that’s always with me.
Photography for me was not intentional — yet now, it seems essential.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/50721844@N03/
Twitter: @justwhatisee
Website/Blog: JustWhatISee.com
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Instagram – @justwhatisee
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Light Impressions Artist #18- Aik Beng Chia
Singapore, Malaysia
“Mobile photography like iPhoneography is the modern day ‘Polaroid’” – Aik Beng Chia
Aik Beng Chia is a self taught graphic designer, illustrator and a mobile photographer based in Singapore.
Capturing Singapore as a thriving cosmopolitan city filled with diversity and multiplicity of cultures, languages, arts and architecture, constantly evolving with time, his work is thoughtful, imaginative, groundbreaking and full of stories.
Aik Beng is one of a group of new mobile photographers in Singapore who are actively engaging in iPhone photography, or iPhoneography. iPhone photography celebrates the limits and possibilities of the iPhone as a tool for artists. All shots have to be done using the iPhone and any processing of the image has to be done using iPhone apps rather than full-fledged desktop applications like Photoshop.
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/pixelmunky/
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Light Impressions Artist #19- Morgan Miranda
Toulouse, France
“My name is Morgan Miranda, I’m 30 and I live in Toulouse, in the south of France. I’ve been working as a graphic and web designer for 8 years now.
I have always been attract by photography and since the rise of mobile photography I started to take it seriously. Because of their technical limits and popularity, iPhone (and all mobile device in general) have managed to recreate a spirit that is similar to those of plastic camera or polaroid, which is like a dream becoming true. Some sort of digital device with an analog feel.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/readless/
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Light Impressions Artist #20- Poco Artist
Jensen Beach, FL
“I am an artist working within a new visual medium.
I tell stories with digital paint, brushes and manipulated images in ways you shouldn’t and from a studio so small that it could fit inside my pocket. It’s about technology blending with the heart. I begin with a snapshot, stir it, weave it, and give it a piece of my soul … I make the art speak.
Poco paintings with an iPhone. My instrument of creativity.
Less has become more.”
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Website/Blog: PocoArtist.com/
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Light Impressions Artist #21- Chris Harland
West Yorkshire, England
Chris Harland is an iPhoneographer from Leeds, Yorkshire who, in his year long iphoneographic apprenticeship has become one of the foremost exponents of the Hipstamatic app.
“It’s the only capture app I use” says Chris, “because from the first print I saw the ‘mind’s eye’ view I’d always imagined but never been able to realise.”
Operating primarily in Yorkshire and Cumbria, Chris’ work focuses mainly on landscape and architecture, documenting both his fascination with and love of his Northern home.
Displaying his images solely through Flickr, Chris says, “it’s been like seeing it all again with new eyes…. being able to share the scenes that inspire me and drive my creativity with a world-wide audience has been to feel again that same sense of joy and wonder I felt when I first encountered these places.”
His still developing style leans towards a classic, romantic approach which has drawn much praise and acclaim from within the Flickr and Hipstamatic communities amongst whom, he says are, “my teachers, my influences, my critics and my friends.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/52096016@N03/
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Light Impressions Artist #22- Andrew Lucchesi
Austin, TX
“I have a background in painting, collage, and photography. My iPhoneography reflects this. Once I capture an image, I rarely leave it alone. I process images through two, three, four, sometimes five apps to get the effect I’m looking for. Often, I then combine two or more processed images to create a completely new one. The result often looks more like a painting or collage than a photograph.
iPhoneography appeals to me because everything that I need to create artwork is contained in a tiny, sleek device that I can carry in my pocket. There is a saying that goes, “The best camera is the one that’s with you.” My phone is always with me. As a result I am able to capture the beauty in ordinary objects as I move through my day, and then process them later.
I hope these images inspire you to look for beauty in the objects around you, and to make your own art wherever you may be.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/theeandrew/
Twitter: @AndrewLucchesi
Website/Blog: Appobsession.com/
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Light Impressions Artist #23- Jaime Ferreyros
Miami, FL
“My name is Jaime Ferreyros, I was born in Lima, Peru 50 years ago. My father — a diplomat — was an Ambassador of Peru assigned to the United States, Colombia, Japan, Italy, Panama and Peru. I learned about world history, different cultures and the arts through my travels, not sitting in a classroom. For the past 19 years I’ve been living in Miami with my wife, three kids and Ramona, our Yorkie. I’m an Emmy Award winning TV producer who loves to cook and is passionate iPhoneographer.
My photos have been exhibited in galleries across the US and Europe, including the very first iPhoneography exhibit in the world at the Giorgi Gallery in Berkeley, and recently at my very own solo show at theArtspace Gallery in Miami.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/42656515@N08/
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Website/Blog: Jaimeferreyros.blogspot.com/
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Light Impressions Artist #24- Elena Herrero
Barcelona, Spain
“oPhoneography is experiencing the intimacy of everything around me.”
- Elena Herrero
“I work as a project manager for international development programs for the European Commission in the field of the Rule of Law, institutional and economic development and the protection of Human Rights in developing countries.
Since I first got my iPhone, three years ago, it changed my life completely. I have always been a big enthusiast of photograpy and other art forms, but never really gave it a shot.
I started taking pictures with my iPhone and then discovered this huge movement, being inspired day by day by this great and very talented community of iphoneographers. It has taken a huge part in my life and I feel the need to express myself through my photography.
I have no particular goal, I like to capture landscapes, people, create double exposures, whatever it crosses my mind at the moment.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/51569128@N04/
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Light Impressions Artist #25- Alan Kastner
Tokyo, Japan
Born just outside of Montreal and raised in Toronto, Alan has lived in Japan for more than 20 years.
His formal studies began with photography, before he immersed himself for many years in the world of Japanese art and literature. His life changed after the purchase of an iPhone rekindled his love for photography.
Alan currently pursues his craft while working as a freelance writer and translator for leading Japanese ad agencies and production houses.
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/transistorwallah/
Twitter: @tabiwallah
Website/Blog: Tabiwallah.tumblr.com/
More: Links to find Alan on P1XELS, EYE’EM and IPA can be found on his Flickr “Profile” page.
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Light Impressions Artist #26- Stephen Liu
New York City, NY
Stephen Liu is a Chinese-American street photographer. He was born in New York City.
Stephen started taking photos seriously in 2006, when he purchased his first professional camera and decided to photograph portraits, but didn’t work out as planned.
In 2009, he developed a passion for street photography. There is something about capturing moments in everyday life that fascinates him; whether it is a tender moment between a couple or just something mundane, he tries to find the art in it.
Flickr: Flickr.com/stephen_liu
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Light Impressions Artist #27- T.S. Elliot
Lake Forest, Illinois
“I’m a husband and father of twin boys – living in the northern suburbs of Chicago. With a name like T.S. Elliott, I had no choice but to become a writer. I write and create advertising and marketing campaigns for various advertising agencies and clients.
I take pictures for fun. I’ve been making images with all kinds of cameras for years, but few cameras are as fun and easy to carry around as the one built into the iPhone. It’s far from perfect. But that’s part of its charm. I’ve had to learn to work within its limitations and occasionally call upon some of the many wonderful apps to tweak the images into submission. All of these photos were taken with my iPhone, edited using various apps on the phone and uploaded directly. No outside editing programs were used.
Some of my favorite apps are Camera+, Filterstorm, CameraBag, Photogene, Lo-Mob, Tiffen Photo FX, ProHDR and TiltShiftGen. Thank you for looking.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/people/tselliottpics/
Twitter: Twitter.com/elliottts
Website/Blog: tselliott.tumblr.com
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Light Impressions Artist #28- George Alexandris
Kos Island, Greece
“Hello. My name is George Alexandris and I currently live on the island of Kos in Greece.
I am, technically ‘was’, a professional graphic artist and illustrator for over a decade. For a small period I was also involved in 2D animation. So, I guess, one could say I am an image person who loves to create images one way or another. Inspiration is anywhere, anytime. Sometimes there is none!
The iPhone, as a device, paired with the apps for photography are ideal for great image creation and also for strict raw photography. It is extremely portable and flexible device, a camera if you may, and a very well connected to the internet one. So, this makes it very practical to carry around. I believe any camera can produce fantastic work if you go along with it, focus on what it does well and avoiding it’s limitations.
Bottom line, the iPhone is fun, art, creativity and speed, in one cool package, always with you for almost any occasion. The iPhone gave me the chance to be creative again, producing imagery and finding inspiration in my everyday life. Hope you find some of my shots interesting.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/iphilosopher/
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Light Impressions Artist #29- Nacho Cordova
Salem, Oregon
Nathaniel I. Cordova (Nacho) is an avid photographer with a primary interest in visual storytelling, in particular photojournalism, documentary, and street photography.
His iPhoneography work however is generally motivated by a desire to explore the interconnected nature of life given the utter contingency of everyday moments. Such interests are often informed by a Zen humanist perspective rather than by intricate philosophies of art.
He blogs at Foto-Rhetoric.org where he often considers how new visual imaging technologies shape our understanding of the world around us. Nacho is also a Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies at Willamette University, a private liberal arts university located in Salem, Oregon, where he teaches courses in contemporary rhetorical theory, public moral argument, race, ethnicity, and the public sphere, and new media and technology.
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/ncordova/
Twitter: Twitter.com/NachoCordova
Website/Blog: Foto-Rhetoric.org
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Light Impressions Artist #30- Jose Chavarry
Los Angeles, CA
“I am not a photographer. I purchased my iPhone a few years ago after the birth of my daughter. My original intention was to take pictures of her, document her growth, and share these images with family and friends. Watching her experience and marvel at the world around her has inspired me to rediscover and look at the world in new ways.
The images I take, process and share with my phone are my way of documenting this rediscovery.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/jfchavarry/
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Light Impressions Artist #31- David Weekes
Anan-shi, Japan
“I am a British born Canadian, living in rural Japan. I teach English and I have my own small school. I am married and have two awesome young boys!
I have always been interested in photography and in high school I even bought my own dark room set up and printed photos in my basement. After completing a couple of years of directionless college I enrolled at a full time professional photography school in Victoria, Canada. I loved it, and experienced shooting daily. I really had my sights set on becoming a pro photog.
Then, life happened! Some 20 years later after resigning myself to being a photo hobbyist, I purchased an iPhone 3GS. In the 18 months since I have renewed my love affair with photography and step by step am realizing long abandoned dreams.
I have been exhibited in New York, Berlin, Philadelphia, Spain, Italy, and currently in France. I’ve been lucky enough to have been published in some iPhone magazines in France and Japan. I’ve also been fortunate to have been featured in many iPhone and tech related websites and blogs.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/26230979@N03
Twitter: @daveweekes68
Website/Blog: daveweekes.tumblr.com/
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Light Impressions Artist #32- Donna French
Sunset Beach, Hawaii
“I use the iPhone as a modern day shamanic tool. It translates the language of light differently than my eyes. Through the alchemy of the iPhone camera and the photographic applications I am able to process the Code I am inundated with on a daily basis. My photographs have been created as a visual remedy with the intent to bring forth awareness and manifest new realities.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/iphonealchemy
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Light Impressions Artist #33- Allessandro Greganti
Turin, Italy
“I always believed that a pic must communicate something to the observer, no matter if it was taken with a million dollar camera, with a point-and-shot or with a shoebox with a hole and film in the back. Photos must have a soul, you can recognize a little piece of the photographer in those pics because they were taken with the heart.
People intersect and interact each other creating stories that last for a second and then they disappear. I always try to empathize with the subjects, sometimes I create little stories that could fit with the situation. All in my mind and all in few seconds, just the time to press the shutter button. Life is my real inspiration.
The iPhone is always with me, is lightweight, unobtrusive and always ready, in a word is actually my best camera. This is iphoneography to me: the opportunity to capture life and truth and turn into something beauty, thanks to having the phone in the hand.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/algrega/
Twitter: @AlGregaPics
Website/Blog: about.me/algrega
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Light Impressions Artist #34- Chun Tong Chung
Amsterdam, Netherlands
“iPhone photography makes it accessible for anyone to create art at any moment of the day and share it with the rest of the world.
In my opinion it democratizes art even more than the DSLR camera originally did, that is why I really like to shoot and process my pictures on my Phone.
Creativity and originality therefore is the deciding factor of your photography and not the camera you use.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/hideousmanki/
Twitter: Twitter.com/Hideousmank
Website/Blog:
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Light Impressions Artist #35- Daniel Berman
Ontario, Canada
Daniel K. Berman, aka Reservoir_Dan, is a filmmaker, TV series creator, producer/director, DP, editor, and photographer with 20 years of experience behind the camera.
His photographic specialties are landscapes & abstractions. With a background as a producer/director of nature programs for television, Daniel brings a lifelong passion for the imagery of the natural world to his art.
He lives in the scenic hills surrounding Milton, Ontario and maintains a portrait studio and editing facility in town.
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/milkcowblues/
Twitter: @reservoir_dan
Website/Blog: Reservoirdan.com
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Light Impressions Artist #36- Martin Prast aka Gusbano
Bolzano, Italy
“iPhoneography is for me the possibility to escape from reality and create my own point of view in an easy and playful way.”- Gusbano
“My first approach to iPhoneography was in the late 2007 when I seriously began to shoot a few pictures with the iPhone, starting with portraits of friends and macros using various old analogue lenses in front of the phone lens.
After a while I started seriously considering the iPhone as an acceptable photo camera even if I’m still using an iPhone original 2G I’m convinced that also 2mp can be enough. I’m very attracted by the idea of doing the shooting process and the postproduction on 1 device.
Finally I started shooting and editing in an conceptual way and I rediscovered my lost passion for the B+W photography. I’m trying to catch moments about -nothing-, about -simplicity- and the daily life.
Time goes by and I discovered more and more the world of the photo apps.I was positively surprised by the endless possibilities which some outstanding photoapps gives you to correct and manipulate your pictures.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/gusbano/
Twitter: twitter.com/Gusbano
Website/Blog: Flickr.com/groups/bw_muse_iphone/
gusbano.tumblr.com
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Light Impressions Artist #37- Fabio De Vincetiis
Taranto, Italy
“My name is Fabio De Vincentiis and I was born in Taranto, Italy in 1977. I started photography in 2007 to find a way to escape from ordinary days and life, and suddenly it became an obsession. By the end of 2009 I discovered iPhone and from then my approach to photography changed (and I also think I became a better photographer), knowing them I was able to shoot anyywhere and anytime, being able not to wait to get home to process it….and a few clicks away to show your work to the entire world.
In 2010 I won 2 iPhone Photography Awards and I was a finalist in EYEEM Awards, and I participated to all the major iPhoneography shows (Berlin, 2 shows in California, Philadelphia, Milan), and by the end I had my own exhibition called “my EYE-phone” (which will be exhibited again this summer). I also had the chance to have an iPhone picture published in a national photography magzine.
Today apart shooting with my iPhone, I am co-operating with newspaper, magazines and websites as a live music photographer.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/fdviphone
Twitter:
Website/Blog:
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Light Impressions Artist #38- Stephanie Chappe
Boston, MA
Stephanie Chappe is a PhD candidate at Boston College in the Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation (ERME) program. While she took photography classes throughout high school and college, she never used a digital camera for photography until she got her iPhone 3g in the Fall of 2009.
Beginning in 2010, she took up a 365 project, where she took at least one picture on her iPhone each day. This project brought her closer to photography and into the world of iPhoneography. Stephanie is interested in candid and street photography. Specifically, she is interested in people and how they interact with their environments.
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/stephieseye/
Twitter:
Website/Blog: Stephaniechappe.com/
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Light Impressions Artist #39- Nettie Edwards
Cheltenham, England
Nettie was born in Birmingham, England. She trained as a Theatrical Designer and worked in Theatre for over 20 years (venues included London’s Royal National Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre)
As a freelance artist, Nettie has worked extensively with English Gypsy and Travellerfamilies, researching their history and recording their contemporary lives in photographs and digital stories.
Nettie now creates digital art and in November 2009, she began creating collages and photographic art with her iPhone and now works almost exclusively with her iPhone and iPad. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally.
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/lumilyon
Twitter: @lumilyon
Website/Blog: Lumilyon.blogspot.com
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Light Impressions Artist #40- Laura Peischi
Malta
“I was born in Romania, lived for almost 17 years in Vienna, Austria where I got my university degree in German studies and Psychology from the University of Vienna. For the last 7 years I have lived in Malta with family. I own a pr/marketing and event management and production company and am studying at the New York Institute of Photography.
I started taking photographs with the iPhone 3 in 2009 and since then I have shot and processed only with the iPhone. The limitations of the iPhone camera are extremely exciting for me, as limitation leads to concentration and increases the awareness for the presence of what I love to call the “The God of small things.” For me, taking a picture feels like stopping the time and giving it another meaning. The poet Rabindranath Tagore said, “What is Art? It is the response of man’s creative soul to the call of real.” In this regard, whenever I hear a call, I try to answer.
iPhoneography is a new art form and it will be shaped by the technical development of the coming iPhone generations and of all the new photo apps. I strongly believe that iPhoneography will establish itself as a recognized art form to be seen in museums of contemporary art all around the world and I am proud to be part of a community of fantastic artists that make this movement so exciting and inspirational.”
Flickr: Flickr.com/photos/isnob
Twitter:
Website/Blog: laurapeischl.tumblr.com
facebook.com/laura.peischl
eyeem.com/streams/show/user:833
iphoneart.com/users/822/galleries
facebook.com/pages/iphoneography-MALTA/108566299165158
