In stillness, art calls,
My truth in tamed frames dances,
Imagined life waltzes.

Vanessa Vox, an iphoneographer, was born in Paris to french/german parents.

In the eighties she earned an MA in Art History and Archaeology at the University of Aix-en-Provence.

Starting in 2003, she began exploring the world of digital art in collaboration with her husband, a Swiss artist and musician (www.orlandobay.com), they produced short videos and night photo series.

In 2012 Vanessa discovered the mobile photography. She was immediately captivated by the ability to intuitively transform spontaneous imperfect shot from a mobile device into iconic or dreamlike images resembling old painting or vintage photography.

Since 2013, Vanessa has lived in the south of France, drawing inspiration from the stunning landscapes of Drôme Provençale.

In 2024, she moved to the “Trois frontières” region of Alsace, a unique area blending the influences of three different nations.

Her short films and photos are regulary featured in specialized publications and showcases including Theappwhisperer, New Era Museum (NEM), iphoneographycentral, Mobiography, Artofmob and Flickr groups.

PHOTO WORK:

Vanessa has participated in several international photos group exhibitions such as Pocket Vistas in Collingwood (Canada), Kansas City NEM (USA), Mira Mobile Prize in Porto (Portugal), ISMA-L'Arte è Mobile in 'Museo di Arte Contemporanea', Rovereto (Italy), MPA Honorable Mention 2014 in the category 'Macro-Details'(Canada), AVATARS-autoportraits (2015, Paris), 'La fotografia como evidencia de lo surreal' (2015, Chile), MIRA2024 (Portugal, Porto).

VIDEO WORK:

Vanessa won the 2021 "LumaTouch Moving Pictures" Award  (Mobiography Award 2021) .

Her experimental mobile movies have been featured the first ISMA (2014, Rovereto, Italy), #MINA2015, 2017 to 2024 (Melbourne, Australia), FVAF2&3 (2016&2017, Hollywood/Los Angeles, USA), the 'HeforShe' LA Media Summit Event (2016, Los Angeles, USA), mDAC2016 (Palo Alto, USA), #MFF2017 & 2023 (San Diego, USA), Blaue Stunde VII to X (2016,2018/01,2020/01 Köln and 2018/11 Wetzlar, Germany), Pandemix.mob (France, 2020), Moving-Image-Arts 2021 & 2023 (Canada, Toronto ).

© 2024 by Vanessa Vox

TRACES.

I leave traces.

Traces of my daily journey.

Traces of me?

Traces written in colours, textures and soundscapes.

Traces on my iPhone, in my apps.

Traces of my emotions, my movements, my thoughts.

I leave traces of my life.

Life traces, life sequences, life movements,

Living in a kaleidoscope, living in layerings and transitions.

Mirroring me. Deconstructing me. Remembering me. Recreating me.

(Words by Orlando Bay, inspired by the work of Vanessa Vox.)

Mobile photography and mobile film

give me more spontaneity,

the opportunity to arise more from the moment 

because my mobile device is always with me

and very discreet 

because of the fantastic diversity

and permanent developement of the apps

because I have my whole editing software

always in the camera

because we have a wonderful community

to share our works and experiments

My work says

that mobile photography has become

my language to communicate my emotions,

my inner world and my inner view in a spontaneous way...

in short my iMotions!

(V.Vox)

J’aime composer des images.
Des images photographiques,
Des images en mouvement,
Des images qui dansent sur le son d’une musique.
J’aime apprivoiser la réalité dans des compositions issues de mon imagination.
Je veux m’approcher d’une vérité que je créais dans ma pensée.

I like to compose pictures.
Photographic images,
Moving images,
Images that dance to the sound of music.
I like to tame reality
to integrate it into the compositions from my imagination.
I want to approach a truth created in my mind.

(V.Vox)

ART
have become
MY LANGUAGE
to communicate
my INNER world and my inner VIEW
of the OUTER WORLD

(V.Vox)