MIRA Mobile Prize B&W

Himanshu Roy, is a talented street photographer from Surat, India, who in recent years has won recognition and several awards for his work. As a self-taught photographer, he continually seeks to push the boundaries of his craft.

Through his lens, Roy captures captivating portraits while also showing the character and charm of India's streets. He deftly freezes moments of joy and emotion, like children diving into rivers, adding vibrancy and liveliness to his photographs. His ability to capture the essence of street life around him adds depth and tonal quality to his predominantly color images. Roy's work is a celebration of the beauty found in everyday life. His ability to capture fleeting moments and turn them into art has made him one of the most acclaimed photographers locally in India and internationally.

Gina Costa is an art historian, museologist and independent curator based in Chicago. She was one of the pioneers to adopt mobile photography, but continued to use film, digital and Polaroid in her work. She is an award-winning and published photographic artist with work in public and private collections. Gina Costa has exhibited throughout Europe and the United States.

She has shown at the International Center for Photography, New York City; The MIRA FORUM, Porto Portugal; Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA; The Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture, South Bend, IN; Filter Space, Chicago; Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Il; The Rebekka Jacob Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina; the Minneapolis Photography Center, Minneapolis, MN; The Vermont Center for Photography, Battleboro, VT; The LightBox Gallery, Eugene Oregon; Tethys Gallery, Firenze, Italy: and MART, Rovereto, Italy. Her works are in public and private collections in the United States and Europe including The Fratelli Aliniari Archive, Florence Italy. She received many awards and participated in many collective and individual exhibitions.

https://ginacosta.com/

Sukru Mehmet Omur is an ENT surgeon who now works as a full-time mobile photographer and artist. He also writes about photography and wine. Originally from Turkey, he lives in Paris. He graduated from the CE3P imaging school in Paris and, to date, his mobile work has been featured in Paris, Indianapolis, Florence and Istanbul. Mehmet runs several mobile art and photography groups and pages on Facebook; his book dedicated to iPhone photography was published in 2018. He has already won several mobile photography / art awards such as the IPPA, MPA and the MIRA Mobile Prize.

Armineh was born in Paris, grew up in Tehran and Boston, with a little over 2 years of residence in Lisbon. She is a photographer now based in Los Angeles, capturing moments since 2009. She is an early mover in the iphoneography movement. It works with iPhone 11 ProMax, Nikon F3/T and Sony ILCE-6000 cameras.

She won several prizes and distinctions for her work, which has been exhibited in several countries: she was invited by iNstantes for a solo exhibition in Avintes, Portugal(2021); Best in Show award at the Forced Captivity exhibition organized by the New Era Museum (2017); best photo of the year award at the Lumiere Photography Awards (2016); curates two facebook groups for the New Era Museum (NEM Hipstamatic and NEM Street); awarded as one of the 15 best photographers in the 7th edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron competition aimed at female photographers (2015).

Estêvão Lafuente is a doctor and photographer living in Portugal. Urban and street documentary photography underlies much of his work: it is the life that happens on the streets he walks, whether in Portugal or in other parts of the world. Therefore, documenting the trip is a fundamental part of his projects and his stories – the solo exhibition “O meu MAP”, held at MIRA FORUM (2016), is an example of this thematic centrality. He seeks to develop his narrative in black and white light, which he also presents in publications he edited. He has won several awards and exhibits regularly. He has received several awards and honorable mentions in national and international photography competitions.

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