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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
19

The Orange winner announced!

Let’s be clear: choosing one image from a list of 994 is nearly impossible and it’s inevitable that one’s final decision could change on any given day. There are dozens of brilliant images in the ORANGE album. Alas, we could choose but one to join the Mobile Photo Awards exhibit at the Orange County Center [...]

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Mar
18

Eric Einwiller on Horizontally Vertical

Another entry in the MPA iPhoneography StoryLines series: My image titled Horizontally Vertical was taken at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. My wife and I like to take our two sons there to experience the amazing collections as well as the building. This image shows my youngest son lying down on a slatted [...]

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Mar
17

Submit to our Weekly Showcase!

Each week the Mobile Photo Awards publishes a selected showcase of the best photos submitted by readers of the MPA blog! For info on when the showcase is posted you can receive our weekly newsletter by signing up for the MPA NEWSLETTER

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Mar
14

Pat Shourds on Tidal Impressions

Another entry in the MPA iPhoneography StoryLines series: I was visiting my brother and sister over the Thanksgiving Holiday in my home town of Coronado, California and spent several mornings shooting promo surf photos for my brother, Mike, and his friends. The afternoon low tide and soft light gave me the perfect opportunity to explore [...]

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Mar
13

Karen Divine: An iPhone Photo Essay

I am self-taught, self-driven and have been seeking mentors to study with for the past forty years. Since my first photography class in Boston in 1972, I have studied with the Santa Fe Workshops, Christopher James, Bonnie Lhotka, Atlanta College of Art, Penland in NC, Anderson Ranch just to name a few. I love learning [...]

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Mar
7

Laura Conomy on LUNAR

The Origins of MPA FX PhotoStudio Winning Image LUNAR I’ve always enjoyed taking photos and since I’ve had children I’ve constantly been looking for new ways to photograph them and push myself creatively. I didn’t want them to look back over their childhood and just see a number of repetitive, posed photographs at family gatherings and holidays. [...]

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.