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Stunning iPhone Photos From L.A.'s iPhoneography Wizard

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When Alon Goldsmith points his Apple iPhone, surreal things happen. The South Africa native, who lives in Los Angeles and works in advertising, uses the iPhone camera like an artist might wield a brush; that is, if that brush came with apps for blurring, antiquing, blending, grizzling and otherwise fancying up the image at hand. For years, I've been tracking Goldsmith's painterly photographs on Facebook and Instagram (where he posts under the name Babujani) and marvel at his unique take on iPhoneography.

Goldsmith got hooked on iPhone art around 2008 and upped his game in recent years as iPhoneography became a subgenre of photography worthy of popular blogs, online galleries and international shows, contests and exhibitions. Goldsmith is something of an exhibitionist himself, regularly sharing his work at fan favored photo sites like Hipstamatic Sardinia, EyeEm, iPhoneArt.com and the AppWhisperer Flickr group.

As Goldsmith told the AppWhisperer, "I’m drawn to finding and expressing the tension that exists between things. Attraction, repulsion, reflection, echoes, space. Things at play. People in flux. In motion. Gesture, shapes, shadows and patterns. It could be a moment of humor that’s created in an instant by a random juxtaposition. Sometimes it’s a void or negative space. The relationship of colors. Alienation, alliances and alignment. Incongruences are a minefield of inspiration. Man and machines. Nature and concrete. Bring it on, because I need to capture it."

It's a rainy day in Los Angeles and a cold one just about everywhere else, which makes it a perfect time to check out Goldsmith's moody, hypnotic scenes in the gallery.

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