Devon Akmon

Reflections on life and work by Devon Akmon.

Tag: Art & Design

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 [...]

iPix 365: iPhoneography for March 2010

These past few weeks have been an incredibly busy time for me. In short, this has caused my daily iPhone photography project to suffer. Of the thirty-one days in March, I was only able to shoot a daily image fifteen times. When I began this project I was hoping for roughly a ninety percent success [...]

Featured on iPhoneography.com

A portfolio of my iPhone photography work is currently on display over at the iPhoneography blog. Most of the images in this portfolio are from my 2010 iPic of the Day collection. Stop by and take a look. This is a great blog for those interested in iPhone photography. Devon Akmon

iPix 365: iPhoneography for February 2010

It’s hard to believe that February has already come to an end. Speaking to that, here is my collection of iPhone photographs for February. All of the images in the following collection were photographed using an iPhone and edited, toned and processed with the device as well. If you missed January’s collection, point your browser [...]