Without a doubt, Instagram is one of the most exciting social media platforms anywhere. It is now ranked the number two most active social media platform (by number of users), just behind Facebook, with over 600 million participants. As a photographer, who has been slowing building a following on Instagram over the last three years,...
You are correct. The “dumming down” effect of the internet is evident. I’ve seen some truly bad street photography with hundreds of likes – why ? because so many of the other images are equally bad. Images which require some investment of time and critial facility are usually ignored.
If it makes you feel better, when I loaded the page on my phone and flicked around looking for the images (before reading the copy) I decided that I prefer the picture of the ice climber.
Super well written, Michael. The old paradigms are changing fast. What worked before may not work today, and the smart money is learning how to think and act fast in the face of technology/culture and the “attention” era.
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People who are not photographers don’t think about the quality of images in instagram. Many of us look for inspiration, for images that capture our imagination, and for escape from the mainstream media. There are also those who are addicted to selfie/celebrity social media, also described as “old school” ha, who view instagram as just another posting method. There are “spam” followers trying to sell products and lots of people just trying to increase their numbers. You can play that game but I prefer to have authentic connections with people and places that are beautiful. That beauty is more often displayed by the subject than by the equipment used to capture it.
Great comments on Instagram- far too many of the popular photos and photographers are instagram cliches and all blur into one giant photo of a hammock, small person and reflection in a lake.