43mm Issue 6 from TZIPAC
TZIPAC magazine, 43mm Issue 6, showcasing the outstanding work of Alison Pistohl, Gene Hollander, Jane Schultz, Nico Chiapperini, Hidetoshi Yamada, and Andrea Simoncini.
TZIPAC magazine, 43mm Issue 6, showcasing the outstanding work of Alison Pistohl, Gene Hollander, Jane Schultz, Nico Chiapperini, Hidetoshi Yamada, and Andrea Simoncini.
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How did you start on your mobile<br />
photographic journey?<br />
I bought my first iPhone in 2010. I<br />
knew nothing about it. I knew nothing<br />
about smart phones. I knew nothing<br />
about apps. I knew nothing about<br />
photography.<br />
But the iPhone was so easy to use. It<br />
was so easy to learn about using apps,<br />
it was so easy to take and manipulate<br />
photos with random filters. I had been<br />
searching for a new creative outlet<br />
after the birth of my first son earlier<br />
that year, and this was it. I quickly got<br />
hooked and wanted more.<br />
I searched the internet to research<br />
what photography apps other<br />
people were using and discovered<br />
Karen Messick’s mobile art and then<br />
iphoneart.com, an amazing site filled<br />
with amazing artwork all created on<br />
mobile devices. Wait, I could create<br />
art on my iPhone? Not just cool<br />
looking photos of my child? I knew<br />
immediately that I needed to be a<br />
part of this. I dove into the mobile art<br />
world and never looked back. I bought<br />
every kind of photo manipulating app<br />
there was and every night would sit<br />
for hours learning how to use them<br />
and editing and posting images to<br />
iphoneart.com. My husband thought<br />
I had gone mad, but I loved it! For<br />
two years I edited photos, posted<br />
them to websites and entered them in<br />
competitions. My work got chosen for<br />
exhibits and featured on blogs. It was<br />
great, but I never called it art. It was a<br />
fun hobby that I was really good at and<br />
other people seemed to enjoy what<br />
I did too. Then two years ago I got<br />
restless. I saw what amazingly creative<br />
things other people were doing with<br />
their images and I wanted to do that. I<br />
wanted to make art. It took me a while<br />
to find my way, to find my style. There<br />
was a lot of frustration, a lot of second<br />
guessing myself, but when I finally<br />
stopped caring about what anyone<br />
else thought of my work, I found it. I<br />
found my art.<br />
© Allison Pistohl
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