If you listen to award-winning street photographer, Misho Baranovic, the iPhone is the next revolution in photography. That’s probably why he’s showcasing his iPhone photos at a special exhibition in Melbourne this month. The photos are amazing.
“The iPhone is a near-perfect camera for street photography. It is small, discreet and easy to use. There are no straps, no dials, no distractions, all of which encourages an immersive, mindful shooting style. Most of the photo processing is done immediately on site, straight after the photo is taken. This means I can use the environment to guide my processing choices to convey the mood and feel of a space to the viewer,” Baranovic explains.
The exhibition itself showcases shots taken from around Melbourne using the iPhone. Held at the Matt Irwin Gallery from Friday 17 June – Friday 1 July, 2011, the exhibition is also one of the first solo iPhone photography exhibitions in Australia.
Johnny P
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 11:28 AMPerfect street camera? Pfft the iphone 4 camera has nothing on the N8 camera
Misho Baranovic
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 11:40 AMWow, thanks for the feature Gizmodo! For anyone interested in attending, the New Melbourne Exhibition opens 6pm this Friday at the Matt Irwin Gallery (239 Flinders Lane, Melbourne). Everyone is welcome.
Jonny, Yes the N8 has better optics, but not better UI or apps. Wish they could be combined. I only meant that a mobile device lets you be discreet, to go unnoticed, to get that unique moment.
Waterbear
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 11:55 AMNice one. What size prints do you manage to produce from the phone?
Misho Baranovic
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 12:37 PMThe prints are sized at 12″x16″ with no upscaling.
Greg Schmigel
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 12:48 PMCongratulations, Misho. Your work has always been a huge inspiration. It’s truly a pleasure to call you a colleague and friend. Knock em out!
mansunz
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 2:49 PMTop stuff Misho. It is never about just the camera (sort of true), it is all about the photographer creativity… inspiring stuff. keep it up.
fletch
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 2:59 PMMisho are you jsut using the standard camera app, and what apps for processing?
Misho Baranovic
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 11:31 PMHey,
Sorry about the delay to your question, I currently use Camera+ as it gives me more control over the exposure and focus. I also use Pro Camera when I need to lock exposure.
I am primarily processing with Filterstorm, Perfectly Clear and CrossProcess. I do basic curves and sharpening to lift the images.
Mark
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 3:05 PMNo disrespect to the artist here.. but isn’t ‘photography’ an all encompassing discipline. What the hell does it matter that the photos were taken with an iphone? I’ve never heard of an exhibition where it was important to note that all the photos were taken with a Nikon or Leica.. or that only Kodak film or memory was used to store the images. This reaks of pretencious namedropping in an attempt to either lean on or perpetuate an artificially manufactured marketing driven impression that somehow Apple products are more artsy than other products. Bollocks!!
It is no longer in any way special that a semi-decent happy snap can be taken with a phone camera. If it is important that it ‘must’ be a phone camera, there are better alternatives.. like the N8. If it’s not necessary that it be a phone, then there are a myriad of pocketable cameras which are far more capable and produce far better results.
To whoever decided that it was important to spray us with the unending diarrhea of Apple propoganda, GET OVER IT! YOUR F@#$ING DISTORTION FIELD OFFENDS THE INTELLIGENT AMONG US!!
Seamus Byrne
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 3:26 PMFrom “no disrespect” to “Bollocks!!” and “ALLCAPSRAGE!!” in no seconds flat. I’m impressed.
Mark
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 3:40 PMI recognise that the focus on the device used was more likely something stressed by the author of the article, not the artist in question.. as such, I didn’t want to imply that any misgivings were directed toward him. So I repeat, no disrespect to the artist.
mansunz
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 4:38 PMMark, lets look at this the positive way. It is a post to remind us, you still can take wonderful photos with a “crappy” iphone.
olearymo
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 12:48 PMAs long as it’s made by Apple. Any other phone, no-go.
mogwai
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 10:08 PMIf the samples here are anything to go by i dont see how this can be considered ‘awesome’.
Take a half thought out photo under some good overcast\morning\afternoon natural light, tweek a few sliders to adjust saturation and contrast, rinse, repeat.
Nothing that couldn’t be done by anyone with a spare couple of hours and a copy of Lightroom.
olearymo
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 9:42 AMWow, I love taking cool shots with my phone, maybe I should enter…
oh…
*looks down at android phone*
Guess my photos don’t count.
olearymo
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 9:46 AMHow is the iphone perfect for street photography but no other phones are? How odd.
“The Nokia N95 from five years ago is a near-perfect camera for street photography. It is small, discreet and easy to use. There are no straps, no dials, no distractions, all of which encourages an immersive, mindful shooting style. Most of the photo processing is done immediately on site, straight after the photo is taken. This means I can use the environment to guide my processing choices to convey the mood and feel of a space to the viewer.”
or
“The *insert generic dial-less point-and-shoot from last 10 years here* is a near-perfect camera for street photography. It is small, discreet and easy to use. There are no straps, no dials…”
Tom
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 3:31 PMYou’ll notice that the poster refers to ‘Mobile photography’ and not ‘iPhone’ photography. This reference to the Apple product has nothing to do with the photographer and shouldn’t reflect on his exhibition.
Unfortunately we live in a world where ‘iPhone’ is the accepted media term for ‘Smartphones’.
Nick Broughall
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 3:43 PMI normally wouldn’t bother clarifying this, but the “iPhone” quote came directly from the press release.
Victor Ortega
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 10:06 AMI always find amusing to read replies by class acts whose knowledge on the topic is as vast as water in the outback.
Do you feel you can achieve a better photo than what is on display at this exhibition? Please illuminate us and provide a link to your work.
Do you prefer something other than an iPhone and consider it a better camera? Now I can sleep better at night knowing this.
Anyway, please keep posting drivel on replies people. My pet can’t do any more new tricks, so this will do for now.
Misho Baranovic
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 12:29 PMOk, apologies for the delayed response.
First off, I want to say that I purposefully highlighted the use of the iPhone in the media release. Why? Because it is interesting to people. It is the most popular camera phone in the world. Most new mobile photographers are shooting and sharing on an iPhone.
I don’t care about the phone technology, the lens, the megapixels. I’m just happy it takes decent photos. I care about how easily I can shoot, edit and share the images. The iPhone does this incredibly well. So well, I don’t need by DSLR anymore.
Most importantly, the iPhone has connected me to an international community of other iPhone photographers. These photographers are re-defining image taking and processing and in the process altering the value, presentation and consumption of the photograph. A third wave of photography, after 35mm and digital.
Yes, you can take the same pictures on a Nokia, a Samsung, a HTC but you cannot get them out there as easily. This will soon change, with Facebook’s new mobile app, Flickr’s new app and Instagram’s continued evolution to Android. But in the mean time we are doing something different, and people find it interesting, it’s that simple.
Oh and thank you again Gizmodo for showcasing the exhibition. It is going very well.
The show is open 12-6pm Mon-Fri, 11-5 Sat and 12-4 Sun. It closes on 1 July. Please come along and see the Exhibition. Then make your mind up if you like my photos or not.
Cheers,
Misho.
Jalil james
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 2:02 PMThe weapon doesn’t make the man… Misho is a talented photographer just because he’s using the iPhone doesn’t mean he’s saying that this is only possible with the iPhone I for one can say that trying to take photos on the iPhone the quality that misho produces is so incredibly hard and takes great skill.
ryan
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 4:18 PMI went to this yesterday and the work is awesome! great prints. The photographer is a nice guy… well worth a look if your in melbourne.
-Ryan
Anna
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 9:09 AMIn this discussion the focus on the impotance of the camera and the individual is over shadowing what I believe to be of more interest… and I also believe the exhibition failed to address meaningfully or incorporate… and that is the community of image makers who use the instagram platform. In the Instagram world everyone is photographer, the format is immediate and portable, you can ‘like’ and ‘comment’ and generally share your view of the world. It is the Commons in action, democracy in art. (if you happen to have an iphone)…
jacinda
Friday, July 1, 2011 at 12:02 PMDoes anyone know the best apps to use with the N8?