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Contact Lens, An iPhoneography Gallery

Devon Akmon — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:00:40 +0000

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.

A screenshot of Contact Lens, an iPhoneography site on Tumblr

Deer in the Arb

Devon Akmon — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:33:08 +0000

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).

Deer in the Arb

More deer in the Arb.

2011 DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts

Devon Akmon — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:56:53 +0000

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 City University of New York, and FEN Magazine to host the event in New York City. Similar to years past, there is a great roster of speakers presenting on timely and important subjects.

DIWAN unites Arab American artists, scholars and performers representing myriad academic fields and artistic genres. The conference affords a safe space to discuss topics and issues affecting the community of artists while also fostering an open environment conducive to networking and community building. Most importantly, the presentations shed light on what’s new in the world of Arab American art while creating a greater awareness for the artists and their artwork.

I’ve been involved with DIWAN since it’s inception. I’ve had the honor and pleasure of moderating a panel at all four conferences. This year I will be moderating the session, The Stories We Tell: Arab Americans convey their truth through emerging mediums of installation art, film and the graphic novel. I’m looking forward to working with a great group of presenters and I expect nothing less than another inspiring and informative conference.

It’s really quite amazing how big we’ve grown this grassroots conference in five short years. Working on this project is definitely one of the highlights of my job at the AANM. If you’re in New York this weekend (March 25-26), be sure to stop by the CUNY Graduate Center, which is where the conference will be taking place. Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention it’s FREE. Yes, we are all about being open and accessible to the public.

Also, be sure to check out the schedule and peep some photos from the 2007 and 2009 conferences. We’ve also published the audio and video of sessions from the 2009 conference on our iTunes U site. Hope to see you there this weekend!

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Devon Akmon — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:51:21 +0000

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 Arab women. I can’t help but smile every time I seen this image.

An angry Egyptian activist shouted at an officer who blocked her way into downtown Cairo. Ben Curtis/Associated Press

i.Phoneography International Photography Exhibition

Devon Akmon — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:43:47 +0000

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 contemporaneity. Organized by Arteaparte, iPhoneography is the first Italian contest of photographs taken and edited with an iPhone. This is a language for images that becomes an art laboratory, and that involves a growing number of iPhoneographers from all around the world.

The rules:

The contest is cost-free for contributors, but participation is restricted to iPhone’s taken and edited photographs.
Each participant can send a maximum of six images through the submission form.
Maximum size accepted 1536 x 2048 px.
All material must be submitted online by 30 August 2010.

Here are my entries into this juried exhibition:

Here’s a link to my gallery at iPhonepgraphy.com.

You can find more of my iPhoneography on Flickr.

- Devon Akmon

iPix 365: iPhoneography for April 2010

Devon Akmon — Sat, 08 May 2010 01:00:17 +0000

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 check out earlier collections:

The EYE’EM Award

Devon Akmon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:29:07 +0000

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 the complete rules & requirements):

Images must be taken with a mobile phone camera
Participants may enter up to five pictures free of charge
Both mobile as well as desktop applications are permitted for retouching images (I’m not too keen on allowing desktop editing)
The deadline to enter is April 25, 2010

The winning images will be exhibited in Berlin and the finalists will be featured in an exhibit book.

Here’s a link to the images I submitted to the contest.

EYE'EM Submission by Devon Akmon

iPix 365: iPhoneography for March 2010

Devon Akmon — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:30:40 +0000

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 rate. In other words, I would shoot at least 329 daily photographs out of a possible 365 days. Because of March, I really need to tighten up my shooting for the remainder of the project.

Because there are so few images for March, I thought I would feature my five favorites for the month instead of creating a video. So, here is my portfolio images for March 2010:

iPic: 59/365 March 01 2010

iPic: 61/365 March 03 2010

iPic: 62/365 March 04 2010

iPic: 64/365 March 06 2010

iPic: 70/365 March 21 2010

- Devon Akmon

Featured on iPhoneography.com

Devon Akmon — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:15:07 +0000

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.

Work featured on iPhoneography.com.

Devon Akmon

iPix 365: iPhoneography for February 2010

Devon Akmon — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:06:56 +0000

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 to iPixs 365: iPhoneography for January 2010.

- Devon Akmon