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    MPA at the Fine Art Fair

    Friday, May 18, 2012

    Well it’s been a whirlwind preparing and exhibiting the Mobile Photo Awards at the San Francisco Fine Art Fair. It’s an incredible event – like a pop-up store museum. Sixty galleries from around the world setting up shop – walking around the 50,000 square feet of art is an incredible experience. The MPA is thrilled [...]

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    The MPA Weekly Showcase for May 1-9, 2012

    Wednesday, May 9, 2012

    Welcome to the Mobile Photo Awards Weekly Showcase for May 2-9, 2012 This week’s selection features a wide range of entries from street to self-portrait, to mobile art and back again. We really like all of the work this week but wanted to mention, in particular, that we can’t stop staring at the striking Hurry [...]

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    The MPA Weekly Showcase for April 22-29

    Monday, April 30, 2012

    Welcome to the Mobile Photo Awards Weekly Showcase for April 22-29. This week’s selection features tremendous entries from MPA stalwarts Karen Divine, Robert-Paul Jansen and Souichi Furusho as well as top shelf work from MPA newcomers Andrew Chapman, Andrew Proudlove and the always excellent Bryan Pahia. The entries continue to provoke and force us to [...]

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    Cindy Patrick – a Personal Street Photography

    Friday, April 27, 2012

    Here at the Mobile Photo Awards we are big fans of photographer and artist Cindy Patrick. Her style is readily identifiable, unique – her work speaks with a clear voice. We invited her to submit a thematic photo essay and she chose to focus on her recent street photography. This work is different from what [...]

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  • Mobile Photo Awards on ABC News!

    Tuesday, April 24, 2012

    ABC 7 in San Francisco ran a prime time news piece on the Mobile Photo Awards on April 24th – the following was written by reporter Don Sanchez: “You could become an award winning photographer with something you carry around every day — your cellphone. A new exhibition of mobile photography award winners has open [...]

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    Where I Dwell – Street Photos by Travis Jensen

    Tuesday, April 24, 2012

    On the night of the Mobile Photo Awards exhibition premiere at the ArtHaus gallery we had the great pleasure of meeting San Francisco street photographer Travis Jensen. His passion for his craft is infectious – his talent undeniable. We had a wonderful chat about the importance of context, that is, working thematically with one’s images. [...]

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Mar
24

Submit Your Images!

Each week the Mobile Photo Awards publishes a selected gallery of the best photos submitted by readers of the MPA blog! Click here to submit and sign up for the newsletter to see the published galleries.

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Feb
3

Fresh Posts

Here you’ll find the latest photos essays, Inspirations, Storylines, and more – basically longer form thoughts on images, why we make them and what they mean to us. If you’re looking to get inside the mind of the artist click here…

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May
18

MPA at the Fine Art Fair

Well it’s been a whirlwind preparing and exhibiting the Mobile Photo Awards at the San Francisco Fine Art Fair. It’s an incredible event – like a pop-up store museum. Sixty galleries from around the world setting up shop – walking around the 50,000 square feet of art is an incredible experience. The MPA is thrilled [...]

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May
9

The MPA Weekly Showcase for May 1-9, 2012

Welcome to the Mobile Photo Awards Weekly Showcase for May 2-9, 2012 This week’s selection features a wide range of entries from street to self-portrait, to mobile art and back again. We really like all of the work this week but wanted to mention, in particular, that we can’t stop staring at the striking Hurry [...]

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Apr
30

The MPA Weekly Showcase for April 22-29

Welcome to the Mobile Photo Awards Weekly Showcase for April 22-29. This week’s selection features tremendous entries from MPA stalwarts Karen Divine, Robert-Paul Jansen and Souichi Furusho as well as top shelf work from MPA newcomers Andrew Chapman, Andrew Proudlove and the always excellent Bryan Pahia. The entries continue to provoke and force us to [...]

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Apr
27

Chroma Dreams

Here at the Mobile Photo Awards we are big fans of photographer and artist Cindy Patrick. Her style is readily identifiable, unique – her work speaks with a clear voice. We invited her to submit a thematic photo essay and she…

Apr
24

Mobile Photo Awards on ABC News!

ABC 7 in San Francisco ran a prime time news piece on the Mobile Photo Awards on April 24th – the following was written by reporter Don Sanchez: “You could become an award winning photographer with something you carry around every day — your cellphone. A new exhibition of mobile photography award winners has open [...]

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Apr
24

Where I Dwell – Street Photos by Travis Jensen

On the night of the Mobile Photo Awards exhibition premiere at the ArtHaus gallery we had the great pleasure of meeting San Francisco street photographer Travis Jensen. His passion for his craft is infectious – his talent undeniable. We had a wonderful chat about the importance of context, that is, working thematically with one’s images. [...]

About the MPA

The Mobile Photo Awards were founded to promote the global phenomenon of mobile photography and art.  The awards are committed to presenting the art-form in galleries and exhibits. The MPA is the world's largest open gallery call and competition of its kind.