Monday March 28th: Artist Entry: Chase Jarvis

Chase Jarvis

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I came across his work searching for cell phone photography. He had a blog post or it may have been a facebook entry where he was giving away his iphone. He asked people to post their cell phone photographs. There was 3k posted in the first week. The images are striking, some don't even look as though they are cell phone photography. Some even have a holga look. 

This is the image that won his iPhone: 

Image by Omar Shine

Melissa Lyttle

Jaclyn Turner

 a few others that were in the gallery. amazing. gallery

Christopher Jerard

After searching his site for more information about this project and himself, I found his work. He has portfolio of work called " Iphone As Art."   In his artist statement he wrote,

"These images remain a visual journal, but gathered together this collection becomes a stake in the group. With it, I hope to underscore - perhaps help legitimize - the idea that an image can come from any camera, even a mobil phone. Inherently, we all know that an image insn't measured by its resolution, dynamic range, or anything technical. It's measured by the simple - sometimes profound, other times absurd or humorous or whimsical - effect it can have upon us. If you can see it, it can move you. "

I was drawn to his work for the simple fact of the cell phone art. But it grew to more interest in his visual journal. These are images of his artist thoughts and how he processes the world creatively. 

BUt to continue this research. Not only did he take his photography to publish it as a book. 

He then made this contest. He then teamed up with developers and made the Best Camera APP for iPhone. Also, the website http://thebestcamera.com/   which is a community of images taken with the BestCamera App.  Best Camera App Blog

Smart business man or just a guy interested in furthering the idea of camera photography being art? ...I'm still interested in figuring this one out and researching further.....







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