2017 EDITION

Born in Peru in 1968, he studied Electronic Engineering. Pacheco always wanted to express himself in an artistic way. In addition to being an Iphoneographer, he is also a professional jeweler, enthusiastic writer, musician and ceramicist. He has lived in Canada since 2006 and in 2010 he founded the NEM group and became the curator of 3 experimental mobile photography groups. His mobile projects include: “Exquisite Corpse Artwork” featured in NEM photography actions, “Pixels”, between others. Pre-jury for NEM FIPA and jury for NEM IHUH. She participated in several international mobile photography competitions, where she received honorable mentions in the MPA, FIPA, IHUH, MIRA MOBILE PRIZE, etc. She has exhibited in Porto, Paris, Los Angeles and Florence.

Andrea Bigiarini lives in Florence, Italy, where he was born in 1956. Since he was a child he has developed a fascination for painting, graphic design, music and photography. In 2012 he ended up founding the The New Era Museum, the first museum dedicated to mobile photography, as a tool for improving reality and building a new era. He is also founder and president of SNAP – Florence International Photography Awards. Your latest project is called Impossible Humans. In addition, Bigiarini is the curator of several photogalleries, such as Impossible Humans e The Most Wanted Visionaries Catalog. https://www.andreabigiarini.com

Cadu Lemos is a visual artist and photographer, standing out mainly in the area of ​​photography with mobile devices. He founded mObgraphia Cultura Visual, a producer of photography and video events in 2013 and, later, the Festival e Prêmio Latino Americano de Mobgrafia and the mOb Film Festival, both related to photography and videos captured and edited on mobile devices, called mobgraphy in Brazil. The photographer has published two photography books, one dedicated to Paris and the other about mobile photography. In addition, he also uses photography as a way of integrating his work as a consultant for high performance teams and producer of cultural events.

Gina Costa is a photographer, independent curator and museography professional. Her photographs are held in private collections throughout the United States and Europe, including the oldest and most prestigious archive of photography, The Alinari Archive, Firenze, Italy. She was awarded in 2019 and 2018 with the Julia Margaret Cameron Award. Costa has a degree in Art History from the University of Chicago. She has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago; she taught Art History at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Rochester, New York. Costa has written for numerous publications, including Art Narratives, Collezione Maramotti and the Catalog of Photography Europe.

Created by Joanne Carter, a professional journalist and photographer, TheAppWhisperer is the most popular mobile photography website in the world. With a team of over twenty editors, TheAppWhisperer has built a global reputation by recognizing and curating the very best in mobile photography. TheAppWhisperer has become the reference for the art press, manufacturers, photography magazines and specialized websites. It represents the pinnacle of photography and mobile art and continues to grow at an extraordinary rate, every day. www.theappwhisperer.com

José Miguel is a designer and new media professional in Lisbon, and editor of the photography magazine Eyesight. More than 50 thousand people follow him on Instagram. In 2016 he was included in the shortlist for the Creativity Award at the Cannes Festival and Instagram, where he exhibited. Recently he has been giving workshops and lectures on mobile photography, editing and social media.

Lee Atwell She has been passionate about art, science and the magic of photography since she was a child. She has already received numerous international awards for mobile photography and has been published on different platforms. Her photographs were exhibited in different cities in the United States of America, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Hungary and Italy

Michael Jones is a photographer, lives in Berlin but is originally from the United Kingdom. He leads a team from EyeEm who oversees the blog and social media channels. Before that, for several years, the photographer was also responsible for the content team at eBay. Jones is constantly looking for new talent to promote, looking to help new photographers reach further through exhibitions or the EyeEm Market.