#251 INSTAGRAM: LOVE, HATE, NEED, WANT and and and…
Since Instagram made the announcement that they would no longer solely be a photo sharing app, many creators and photographers have been running in all directions, some in free fall panic it would seem, not sure whether their Insta experience is about to implode. Two guests today to talk about IG; Jonny Keely who has been studying the platform for a series of films and Helen Jones-Florio who uses the platform to show works from her African and Maltese passion project about doors and shopfronts, plus contributors from the Facebook group asked for their thoughts prior to the show, including Christopher O’Sullivan, Will Simmonds, Sue Sayer, Elias Kamaratos, Dennis Skyum, Eric DeLorme, Nanto Ceilens, Dennis Linden and Dominique Martel. Show image today by Claudio Schwarz.
Patron of the Day today is Mike South and I’ve chosen him for good reason. He has an Instagram grid that is clearly concentrated upon a cohesive flow of pictures about a subject; “A photogapher with a passion for costume, history and fantasy.” Your portraits, particularly (for me) the WWI soldiers in costume frankly make me feel like I am there. These could so easily be movie/TV set photography pictures and I am left as a viewer, in now doubt how adept and indeed passionate you are behind you camera in telling these stories about history.
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Jonny Keely’s latest thoughts (today’s posting date) on the Instagram platform changes. More below.
Instagram isn’t for photographers.
Instagram Monetisation is coming.
The Photographic Eye asks the question; “What is Instagram were to shut down tomorrow?”
Instagram is destroying the planet!
The end of hashtags?
Chris Hau talks of rewarding creators.
