Petyr Campos is a San Francisco-based iPhoneographer who has spent well over a decade turning his iPhone into a fine art instrument. His entry into mobile photography came by happy accident when his DSLR broke and was in the repair shop for six months, so he turned to his iPhone to keep shooting and never really looked back. An early inspiration was Dan Marcolina's book iPhone Obsessed, which helped set him off on his creative path.

Petyr describes himself as an opportunistic photographer who lets the world come to him rather than chasing it. He believes deeply in the idea that photography is not about what you see, but how you see it, and his goal with every image is to create something unique, eye-catching and capable of telling a story. His work spans multiple subject matter with a focus on San Francisco's Ocean Beach, cityscape, and music scene. 

Petyr is recognized as an award-winning mobile artist and has been featured prominently in the international mobile photography community. His work was exhibited at the L.A. Mobile Arts Festival, and he has been interviewed by leading mobile photography publications including TheAppWhisperer, where he has also been invited to write about the artists and work that have influenced him most.
Accolades
2025
Static&Blur - The Sound | The Shot – A Music Photography Exhibition
IPPA Awards - Portrait - Honorable Mention

415zine - Featured Artist
B&W International Photo Awards - Bronze Award
F-Stop Magazine - Issue #129 Landscape 2025
Richmond Sunset News -Photo of the Month - May 
2024
Mira Mobile Prize - Finalist
Street Life - San Francisco Woman Artist Gallery (SFWA)
Iphonography Awards -Plymouth Center for the Arts
2023
Urban Photo Awards - Streets Semi-finalists 
2020
Mobile Photo Awards (MPA) - Silhouettes - Honorable Mention
Mobile Photo Awards (MPA) - Water - Honorable Mention
2018
IPPA Awards - Landscape - Honorable Mention
2016
MIRA Mobile Prize 2016 - Finalist
Mobile Photo Awards (MPA) - Street Photography - Honorable Mention
2015
Phonic Art: Astonishing iPhotography - Markham Vineyards Gallery
IPPA Awards - People - Honorable Mention
IPPA Awards - Nature- Honorable Mention
JCC International Mobile Device Photography
2014
Electron Salon  -  Los Angeles Center For Digital Art - Finalist
Mobile Photos - Mpls Photo Center - Winner
Selfie Show - Detroit’s Museum of New Art (MONA) - Finalist
NEM Kansas City show  - The Main Street Gallery - Finalist
Festival FuturoPresente - ISMA International Salon Mobile Art - Finalist
Rock N Roll International - Mpls Photo Center - Finalist
MobileMagic XV - LightBox Photographic Gallery - Finalist
2013
i-Festival - Oxford - Finalist
IPPA Awards - Other - Finalist
#bwsanfrancisco show - Transparent House - Finalist
Snap to Grid  -  Los Angeles Center For Digital Art - Finalist
Mobile Photo Awards (MPA) - Water - Honorable Mention
2012
IPPA Awards - People - Finalist
Ways of Seeing: Phoneography - Rebekah Jacob Gallery 
LA Mobile Arts Festival - Finalist
In Transit - Kiernan Gallery - Finalist
The App Wars - 3RDSPACE - Finalist
Publications
iPhone0genic - Artist Spotlight
iPhoneographer  - Artist Spotlight
Art of MOB  - Artist Spotlight
Pixels at an Exhibition
Mobiography
TheAppWhisperer
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon
F-Stop Magazine - ISSUE #69: Black and White - February/March
F-Stop Magazines - Cities 2024 - April/May
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