Best of the Best: Life In LoFi’s Top iPhoneography of 2012
Over the course of 2012, about 50,000 images were submitted to Life In LoFi’s Flickr Group. Of those, about 750 were selected for our weekly showcase. 500 of those images would be 1%. There are only 50 here. To appear in the top 0.01% of anything is quite an honor.
Here are what I feel to be the best of those images. This is our year-end Faved On Flickr Showcase — The Best of Life In LoFi for 2012.
This is the toughest showcase of the year to do. Here are the images that I feel are the top images we’ve run in our Faved showcases. These are images that made a connection to me somehow. Not all are representative of each iPhoneographer or iPhone artist’s style, but they are images that I found powerful, moving, unique, stunning, personal or often a combination of all of those.
2013 will be the third year Life In LoFi has been presenting the Faved On Flickr showcases. The quality and impact of the image is the most important criteria for me when choosing these. That’s why works from iPhoneography’s “rock stars” are often displayed alongside newer artists who may not have the recognition yet. Many of these works have appeared in other websites showcases; many haven’t. All of them represent what I feel are among the best works created this year shot and processed using only an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
These images are Life In LoFi’s Best of the Best. They go back to the first showcase of 2012. To narrow these down from the thousands submitted was not an easy task. I tried to get it down to about two dozen images like last year’s list, but didn’t want to cut any further, so my apologies for the length of the post. I’d like to thank all fo the iPhonegraphers who shared their works to our Flickr group, and a special shout out to all the artists who made this selection.
Joel Adam
Aik Beng Chia
Aylin Argun
BlemishedEye
Andy Bruce
©arlein
cbrannen
Roger Clay
Dirk Dallas
Johnny Eckó
Reza Elghazi
Deb Evans Braun
Jaime Ferreyros
Pirmin Föllmi
Jennifer Ford
laura frantz
Donna French
Souichi Furusho
Paula Gardener
Janine Graf
Alessandro Greganti
Roger Guetta
Dixon Hamby
Mel Harrison
Edina Herold
Lynette Jackson
Robert-Paul Jansen
Sarah Jarrett
NyanJiroo
Alan Kastner
krapoz
librarymook
Ginger Lucero
luisonrh
Paul Moore
mutablend
one big shoe
Vicki Oseland
Amo Passicos
Leonardo Pilara
Catherine Restivo
RobinLDN
Emily Rose
Andy Royston
Star Rush
Millo Salgado
Greg Schmigel
Shel Serkin
brandon smith
Michael Sutton
Benamon Tame
Urban Muser
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Here are the images, in no particular order other than I think they work well together as presented. There’s no lede image for this post. They’re all ledes.
I wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year and thank you for making Life In LoFi a part of your day.
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Marty Yawnick
Founder/Publisher, Life In LoFi
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sail by Janine Graf
Leap of Faith by Emily Bemily / Emily Rose
I’m ready. Tell me everything. by Andy Royston ( The Ft Lauderdale Sun project)
Family holidays by Jahsharn / Paula Gardener
Orange you happy? by gardenymph (Jennifer Ford)
My Heartfelt Gift Via Dreams by mutablend
Winter’s Child by forestlady / Vicki Oseland
Untitled by xxfromneptune / Aylin Argun
The window by Sarah Jarrett
The Hunger of Patience by Benamon Tame Photography
Sparkle by iCloud_9 / NyanJiroo
sagano bamboo groves in arashiyama, kyoto by librarymook
Eve with Antlers (3) by BlemishedEye / David Booker
A Forgiving Woman Unable To Forgive by DraMan/ Roger Guetta
Sarah et Cloé by Amo Iphoneography aka melle Amo / Amo Passicos
Flamenco dancer in motion by Dixon Hamby
Retrato by Millo Salgado
Img 023 by Leonardo Pilara
The Bird by one big shoe
Untitled by s n a c k s / brandon smith
Camera Roll-530 by futuresleep cc / Andy Bruce
Overexposure by jaiphoneography / Jaime Ferreyros
LA Rails by Dirk Dallas
hunger strike 2.0 by Greg Schmigel
Simples by RobinLDN
I’m Not The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Series by Aik Beng Chia
The lineup by asleepundercolumnsovlight / Joel Adam
all our divergent paths : we walk together by Deb Evans Braun
![Obstacles. [edit]](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8282/7836209600_b2b56a39eb.jpg)
Obstacles. [edit] by Robert-Paul Jansen
12/12/12 by Michael Sutton
Passing Train by Mooro2 / Paul Moore
let me in! by Urban Muser
wind by ||| laura frantz |||
Country Road by Roger B. Clay
Bergschatten by Pirmin Föllmi (iphotography.ch)
Solitude by star.rush360 / Star Rush
The viewfinder by AlGrega™ / Alessandro Greganti
Untitled by cbrannen / Colin
Post Rapture by Shel Serkin
Metropol Parasol by luisonrh
The Night Watchman by tabiwallah / Alan Kastner
Don’t Look Behind You by Sxethang / Ginger Lucero
JUST MEANT TO BE … by Donna French
Be outstanding by MahoganyTurtle / Mel Harrison
Image pic #67 by Souichi Furusho
No._2034__2/3 M3 by Page67_Lynette Jackson
Involuntary Psychiatric Hold by (rez) / Reza Elghazi
“it was you who came to my side. remarkably close for our time of life” by ©arlein / Carlein van der Beek
Waiting for a Sign no. 2 by Catherine Restivo
last trail home by krapoz / giuseppe capozzo
Timeline by squarepixel / Johnny Eckó
Visitor #2 by HeDyna / Edina Herold
Marty is a self-employed graphic designer in the Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex. He is an avid Rangers baseball, Chicago Cubs, Packers and Highbury Arsenal fan. In addition to capturing random moments with whatever camera is close by (usually his iPhone), his other interests include coffee, film, music, and traveling in seats 5E and 5F with his fiancé.
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What a fantastic group of Creative talent…
The images of iPhoneography touch one’s heart and mind!!!
Kudos to the Creative’s in the world for
Sharing how they see.
Happy New Years…
Wow! Marty I’m beyond words! To be selected for your weekly showcase is truly an honour. However to be amongst this list of extremely talented artists is so overwhelming! I’m so humbled by this, as so many of these artist I look up to and really admire. Thank you so much, for all the hard work you do within the iPhoneography community. Your blog is second to none, you’ve inspired, encouraged and introduce iPhonegraphy to the world daily. So thank you for Life In Lofi and your wonderful Flickr group. I’m so looking forward to 2013 with you all!
Beautiful selections!! Awesome work, all. The bar gets raised higher all the time. Happy New Year, Marty!
Paula has said it all, so honored to be included. Thank you for your dedication to iPhoneography.
Oh wow! Now this was a fun surprise to wake up to! Thank you so much Marty! It is such an honor to be included with so many incredible artists who I also consider friends. Wishing you a very happy and prosperous new year!
Congratulations to everyone — what absolutely gorgeous work and incredible talent!
WOW!!! What an honor! The collection is truly inspiring…so wonderful to see some old favorites, along with some new images I had missed along the way. A perfect start to the New Year. Thank you so much Marty, for all your hard work and support, and wishing you many blessings in 2013!!
Ahhh! What a wonderful surprise! And what amazing art – I’ve been savoring each image and finding new favorites and remembering old favorites! Thank you for taking the time to put this together, it couldn’t have been easy – but it’s so great to see! Also, I love that you didn’t make the list any shorter – I enjoyed them all!
Wow! Some of these artists just shock me. Seriously amazing stuff. Happy 2013!
I certainly echo Paula, who has a much better way with words then I.
Thank you Marty
Mel xx
Marty, thank you so much, what an honor to be included. This end of year was amazing for me concerning iphoneography. I wish you all the best! And congrats to the artists selected here. Happy new year!
2012 was a fantastic year to watch the wonderful images and artists who’ve emerged in the medium of Mobile Photography.
Wow, to find my name on this list is quite an honor. Thanks for all you do here Marty, and here’s to a great 2013!
Awesome! I can’t imagine how hard it was to cull through the thousands of amazing images to create this “Year-End-Best-Of” show! Great selections, and great work everyone – here’s hoping for a very happy, healthy, prosperous, AND creative 2013!
Great selection! Nice to see so many of my favorite artists honored! Congrats to everyone! And Happy New Year, Marty! Looking forward to meeting you at Macworld!
Congratulations to all. I’m looking forward to 2013. I love the mobile community!
Awesome group of photos! Happy New Year!
This selection clearly shows the wonderful diversity of this genre: call it what you will, but now no one can disagree that few artistic expressions have, at present, the same vitality and freedom. Congratulations to everyone involved – I’m really honored to see my name on this list – and thanks as always, Marty, for the tireless and valuable work you do for this community. I wish you all a fantastic 2013!
Thank you so very much for including my image!! These are wonderful choices, and i’m honored to be amongst so many great and talented people!! Congratulations to all!! Happy New Year, Marty!
Humbled and thrilled to be included in this list with so many wonderful artists. Many, many thanks Marty, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed looking through this display of outstanding talent – some I recognise and already love, some I’ve discovered for the first time!
What an honor and total surprise to be included in this list. Thank you so much!
Happy New Year Marty. I’ve been taken by surprise, LOFI is one of the very view sites I send my work and deeply respect, so to see image included is truely an honor.
Thanks for the hard work and putting us out there…we owe you big time.
Un abrazo,
Jaime
Thank you, Marty! I so appreciate you and all you do. What a year 2012 was! Wishing you all good things in 2013 and looking forward to seeing you at macworld.
Thanks, Deb! Your photography is always very calming for me. We look forward to seeing you again in a few weeks!
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Marty,
Thank you so very much for including my work in this wonderful showcase. While I certainly feel I’m not worthy, I am truly honored. Thank you for every thing you do for the iphoneography world. You and your website truly are an institution to the community. Best wishes my friend. Looking forward to another great year of iphoneography with LifeinLoFi!
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Joel