April 2012
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #socialtravel
Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes & hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a photo announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.
This weekend’s theme was #socialtravel, which asked participants to capture photographs of public transportation, or transportation shared with...
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The Week on Instagram | 24
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The @WSJ had its readers tag their Instagram shuttle shots with #shuttlewsj
NatGeo & The North Face are Instagramming from Everest (Also: read our post here!)
Enter @mashable’s #mashpics photo challenge: How Do You Spend Your Lunch Break?
Check out the Instagram art exhibit at W New York
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #socialtravel. View photos from the last project,...
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Spotlight: Paris
Since launching, we’ve seen Instagram spread from our headquarters in the Bay Area to every corner of the globe. In this series we’ll highlight top users from countries and cities with thriving Instagram communities.
This week’s spotlight takes us to the City of Light, one of the most beloved places on the planet. Paris’ slew of vistas, iconic buildings and parks are ripe for...
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Follow Friday: Tattoo Artists on Instagram
Tattooing has been around for many centuries spanning numerous cultures throughout the world. The art form may still have a few remaning taboos surrounding it, but its popularity has been on the rise and many artists are gaining notoriety for their craft. Tattoos may not be your cup of tea, but there is certainly no denying the beauty and skill behind this artform.
Here are just a few of the...
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The NFL Draft on Instagram
In just under an hour, the NFL Draft will kick off at Radio City Music Hall. Follow all of the action live on Instagram via the hashtag #nfldraft, or through one of the official team accounts:
@49ers
@patriots
@officialbrowns
@steelers
@houstontexans
@neworleanssaints
@atlantafalcons
The photo at the top is by @reddusfoximus
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The Making Of: The Boat of Your Dreams
When the banality of office life has you dozing off at your computer, what do you dream of? If you’re anything like us, the images dancing through your head probably resemble @kaylaporter’s Instagram photos. Is there an existence any dreamier than building wooden boats on an island in Washington?
Know any other Instagrammers doing something unique with their hands? Send...
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Photo Feature: Coachella
Over the past two weekends, music lovers flocked to Indio, California, for three days of music, art and blistering heat at the Coachella Valley Festival. This thirteen year-old festival draws upwards of 75,000 people to the desert each weekend with a large number of attendees camping on site. Below are some of our favorite Instagram shots of Coachella, including pictures from their...
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Hashtag Highlight: #emptychairsproject
Last year, Raphaël Liais (@raphaelliais) began snapping photos of empty chairs in Casablanca, Morocco, tagging them #emptychairsproject. The collection of photos grew as he started to notice more empty chairs in and around Casablanca. He created an account for the photos, @emptychairsproject, and other Instagrammers caught on to the project. Now, there are over 600 photos from around the world...
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #landmarked
Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes & hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a photo announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.
This weekend’s theme was #landmarked, which asked participants to capture photographs of buildings, monuments, or places that are notable or have...
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The Week on Instagram | 23
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Instagram’s New Guidelines Against Self-Harm Images & Accounts
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #landmarked. View photos from the last project, #vacantplaces.
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Photo Feature: Cherry Blossoms
Follow Friday: Visual Arts on Instagram
Who I Follow: @rodrigo_’s Favorite Users
User Feature: The Pets of Instagram
Space Shuttle Discovery Flies Over Washington,...
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Photo Feature: Cherry Blossoms
Photo by @daria_jp
Photo by @lettylet
Photo by @bearmast
Photo by @prybaba
Photo by @jrims
Photo by @amgrove
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Instagram's New Guidelines Against Self-Harm...
Instagram has always been a service where people from all over the world can share their photos with friends and family, and it is a great place for users with common interests to come together to share and discuss personal content. In order to maintain a positive and healthy community, our current Community Guidelines prohibit content and behavior that negatively impacts our community. Like many...
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Follow Friday: Visual Arts on Instagram
The visual arts and Instagram are a match made in creative heaven. Every day galleries and museums take us behind the scenes, photographers share their craft, and painters and sculptors offer a peek into their processes. Here are a few of the visual artists and art institutions that have caught our team’s eye.
@jr_artist
Mysterious French “photograffeur” who won the Ted Prize...
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Who I Follow: @rodrigo_'s Favorite Users
One of the best ways to expand your community on Instagram is to take a look at the folks your favorite Instagrammers are already following. In this series, we ask some of our favorite Instagrammers to name a few users whose photos they love seeing every day.
From south of the border, one mysterious Instagrammer (@rodrigo_) snaps daily photos of coffee and light. We asked Rodrigo to share some...
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User Feature: The Pets of Instagram
Anyone who’s ever had a bad day knows the power of a well-timed pet photo popping up in their Instagram feed. There is no shortage of beautiful animals in the world, or talented photographers taking pictures of them, but here are a few of our favorites.
@mdouthwright
@kissani
@shortformelissa
@komoiuu
@malisheep
Who’s your favorite animal-snapping Instagrammer? Send...
Space Shuttle Discovery Flies Over Washington, DC
Today, Space Shuttle Discovery, atop a 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, will do a flyover of the Washington, DC area on its way to the National Air and Space Museum. The aircraft is expected to fly near a variety of landmarks in the metropolitan area, including the National Mall and Reagan National Airport, between 10:00 and 11:00am EDT.*
We’re excited to see the photos Instagrammers in the...
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #vacantplaces
Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes & hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a photo announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.
This weekend’s theme was #vacantplaces, which asked participants to take photographs of places and spaces that are typically be full of people...
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The Week on Instagram | 22
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Instagram + Facebook
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #vacantplaces. View photos from the last project, #twoofakind.
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Spotlight: Brazil
Photo Feature Friday: Happy New Year!
The 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Instagram
The Making Of: A One-of-a-Kind Chandelier
Photo Feature: Easter and Passover
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SF morning peeks, @eylassie
Harmony, @optimismm
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Spotlight: Brazil
Since launching, we’ve seen Instagram spread from our headquarters in the Bay Area to every corner of the globe. In this series we’ll highlight top users from countries and cities with thriving Instagram communities.
Brazil is one of the most Instagram-luvin places on the planet. Which makes sense given its size. Brazil, or Brasil if you’re in the know, is the fifth largest country on the...
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Photo Feature Friday: Happy New Year!
April 13th marks the start of the Thai, Lao, Burmese and Cambodian New Years! Festivities include throwing water, decorating sand with flags, setting animals free, and offering thanks for the Buddah’s teachings. We found some beautiful images that have been shared to Instagram throughout South and Southeast Asia, as well as other countries, of the celebrations so far.
Thai New Year -...
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The 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Instagram
The 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs started yesterday. The top 16 teams in the National Hockey League (@nhl) made the cut and will battle over the next two months until one team is declared the Stanley Cup champion.
Many NHL teams are using Instagram to give fans a behind-the-scenes look into their playoff runs. On the Boston Bruins (@nhlbruins) account, the players themselves often take over...
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The Making Of: A One-of-a-Kind Chandelier
Adam Wallacavage, also known as @awallacavage on Instagram, is not your typical chandelier maker. The words you would associate with “chandelier” might include “crystalline,” “opulent” or even “stodgy,” but prepare to see things in a different light!
In addition to being an accomplished photographer, Wallacavage has taught himself the art...
Photo Feature: Easter and Passover
Over the weekend, Instagrammers worldwide celebrated Passover and Easter with feasting, worshipping and hunting for eggs. Revelers brought their cameras along for the ride, and we loved browsing through all of the weekend’s great pictures:
Photos by @cubbygraham, @ohemg87, @alexandrianicole08, @lalund, @danithomer, @lironba, @misterthibodeau, @leahkarol, @lheisse, @shinemd,...
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #twoofakind
Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes & hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a photo announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.
This weekend’s theme was #twoofakind, which asked participants to capture photographs of objects or people in pairs. Every Monday we feature some...
Instagram + Facebook
When Mike and I started Instagram nearly two years ago, we set out to change and improve the way the world communicates and shares. We’ve had an amazing time watching Instagram grow into a vibrant community of people from all around the globe. Today, we couldn’t be happier to announce that Instagram has agreed to be acquired by Facebook.
Every day that passes, we see more experiences being shared...
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The Week on Instagram | 21
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Instagram for Android — Available Now
Getting Started on Instagram for Android
Are you a new Android user? Make sure you’ve upgraded to v1.0.3
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #twoofakind. View photos from the last project, #awningspiring.
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Photo Tips: Android Photography Applications
Photo Feature Friday: Android Snapshots
User Feature: Framed in...
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Photo Tips: Android Photography Applications
We’ve researched applications available for Android that can help you enhance and improve your photographs. Here are a few apps for simple and quick image editing to get you started!
Photo Editing
For basic image editing, Adobe Photoshop Express is a great application! It gives you the ability to alter exposure, saturation, tint, contrast & brightness quickly for simple image edits.
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Photo Feature Friday: Android Snapshots
This week, the entire team at Instagram has been giddy watching our community grow. Android Instagrammers around the world have wowed us with their photographs, so we decided to highlight a few right here on the blog.
@jnnyedwr
@danielseunglee
@adamjkurtz
@or2or3or4
@dirga22
@_andyong_
@tranquochuy
@labanchen
@xandx
@jmeslosuyo
@ilankar
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User Feature: Framed in Mexico City
It’s always fun to discover Instagrammers who stick with a theme. Rodolfo Fuentes (@donrodomarinero) does just that. He keeps his picture frame on-hand and uses it to frame his Instagram shots just right. Take a look at some of our favorites!
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Spotlight: South Korea
Since launching, we’ve seen Instagram spread from our headquarters in the Bay Area to every corner of the globe. In this series we’ll highlight top users from countries and cities with thriving Instagram communities.
Since 1953, the Republic of Korea - not to be confused with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - has been territorially defined as the land below below the 38th...
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Getting Started on Instagram for Android
We at Instagram are thrilled to welcome Android users to our community!
We thought we’d take a moment on this happy occasion to provide a few resources for our new users (and, of course, a refresher for our existing users.)
The Instagram Help Center is a wealth of photo taking, editing and sharing resources. It’s also got answers to your frequently asked questions, and troubleshooting advice in...
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Instagram for Android -- Available Now.
Today, we’re excited to bring you Instagram for AndroidTM. We’ve already seen more than 30 million people join Instagram to create and share beautiful photos on their iOS devices, and now we’re thrilled to offer a way for Android users to join their iOS friends on Instagram to share their photos with the world.
We’ve been working tirelessly to make this new Android app a...
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #awningspiring
Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes & hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a photo announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.
This weekend’s theme was #awningspiring, which asked participants to capture photographs of awnings, or overhangs, on buildings. Every Monday we...
