Devon Akmon

Reflections on life and work by Devon Akmon.

Category: Art & Design

Refresh: Contact Lens

After a hiatus, I’ve refreshed Contact Lens, my Tumblr page dedicated to iPhoneography. Stop by and take a look.

iPhoneography: Michigan Theater

Banff Mountain Film Festival Word Tour | Michigan Theater

The Writing’s On The Wall

Some call it graffiti, others call it art. Words and thoughts expressed on the walls of Beirut. Captured via an iPhone.

Contact Lens, An iPhoneography Gallery

I just setup a new Tumblr site to feature some of my iPhoneography images. If you haven’t stopped by yet, please do check out Contact Lens.

Deer in the Arb

We stumbled upon a few fawns while hiking through the Arb earlier today. They were remarkably tolerant of our presence, allowing us to get within about 20 feet. Here are a couple of iPhone photographs (app: Instagram).

2011 DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts

This weekend, the Arab American National Museum is hosting its fourth installation of DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts. We’re excited to be taking this biennial arts convening out of Michigan for the first time. This year we’re partnering with Alwan for the Arts, the Middle East and Middle East American Center (MEMEAC) at the [...]

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Over the past twelve days, many powerful images depicting the protests in Egypt have made there way into media outlets. However, I find this photo by Ben Curtis to be one of the most striking. In addition to exemplifying the raw emotion of the protests in Cairo, this photo helps to dispel many misconceptions about [...]

i.Phoneography International Photography Exhibition

It’s time for another iPhoneography exhibition! This one is called i.Phoneography and it’s Italy’s first juried exhibition of iPhone photography. Here are the details on the i.Phoneography International Photography Exhibition: Do you still believe that the camera makes the photographer? i.Phoneography believes in the creative power of the gaze, in a new way to describe [...]

iPix 365: iPhoneography for April 2010

I began this year with a small but ambitious creative project: to take at least one photograph per day using my iPhone. Here are the photos for April 2010. All of the images in the following collection were photographed using an iPhone and edited, toned and processed with the device as well. Be sure to [...]

The EYE’EM Award

It appears there are more and more exhibits and competitions for mobile phone photography. I’m glad to see the medium grow. Recently, I submitted five images to the EYE’EM Award, “an international competition dedicated to the rise of mobile photography as a new artform.” Here are the four most important rules for the competition (see [...]