UPDATE: iPhoneography at Macworld 2013

Many of you may have read my previous post relating to the all-day iPhoneography event being held next year at Macworld 2013, and that I, along with Marty Yawnick from Life in LoFi would be doing a joint presentation about the origins of iPhoneography. Sadly following a number of recent events, which has culminated in a hate campaign against the iPhoneography word/term/brand, which I have taken as a personal attack on me (after all, I created the brand), I have taken the decision to withdraw from the event. I must at this point say, this decision has nothing to do the Dan Marcolina, Marty or the event organisers, as there is a bit more too it. The snide comments and negativity have in part given me some health issues, which in conjunction with other events have lead me to make this decisions.

In addition to withdrawing from the Macworld event, I have also stepped down as one of the judges for this years Mobile Photo Awards, as one of the other judges was at the forefront of this anti "iPhoneography" hate campaign.

From a personal point of view, I am sad at all the negativity I am seeing from some circles in the "mobile photography" community towards iPhoneography, and even sadder, that I don't see an end to this negativity.

Announcement: The Mobile Photo Awards announces $3000 prize for MPA Photographer of the Year - second annual edition is now underway

TORONTO, ON - October 5, 2012 — The Mobile Photo Awards have announced that the second annual awards are now open for submissions through December 15, 2012. The world’s largest exhibited open call for entries/competition is also pleased to note that a Grand Prize of $3,000 will be awarded to the MPA Photographer of the Year, making the MPA award the biggest of it’s kind. The competition was designed to celebrate and focus attention on the explosive growth of mobile-phone photography and art. The winning 23 entries and runners-up, will again be part of a gallery and exhibit tour. Hot on the heels of the success of the Spring MPA 2012 shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles, the second edition of the MPA will also bring nearly 60 images to galleries in the USA and Canada with more to announced shortly.

“With the MPA we continue to give mobile photographers and artists the chance to take their creativity further and show the art world and public just how inspiring these images can be,” said Daniel Berman, founder of the Mobile Photo Awards and a noted mobile photographer known as Reservoir_Dan. “We set records earlier this year for fine art prices paid for limited edition prints - we made some artists and collectors really happy and we are excited to continue the mission of providing this unique opportunity and exposure for the artists working in this medium.”

Entries will be judged on originality, creativity, and adherence to the contest theme. The jury is comprised of celebrated mobile photographers and members of the iPhoneography media including, among others, Marty Yawnick of LifeinLofi, Glyn Evans of iPhoneography.com, noted stock and travel photographer Jack Hollingsworth, Street Photography blogging legend Eric Kim and Mobile Photo Group founding member Misho Baranovic. Returning jury members include all-star mobile photographers Robert-Paul Jansen and Andy Royston. For a complete list of the jury please visit the Mobile Photo Awards website.

The 23 categories for the competition include such traditional photographic genres as Landscapes, Self-Portraits, and Street Photography as well as uniquely modern areas such as Visual FX and Digital Painting. New showcase categories this year are the ArtHaus Photo Essay - a sub-component to the MPA with it’s own award and challenge and the JUXT Photo Journalism Award for mobile photography.

For more information about the Mobile Photo Awards, head over to mobilephotoawards.com