Instagram is photojournalism and these eleven accounts prove it

We continue to show that Instagram is much more than #foodporn and celebrities.Instagram is artistic experimentation, it is drone territory, it is magic and it is a tribute to diversity.And it is also journalism. Related

These eleven accounts of photojournalism on Instagram prove it.Some have many followers and others are more exclusive.Some belong to professional photographers, others are from instagramers who have discovered their passion for photojournalism and others they belong to projects and movements, but they are all worthwhile.

Everyday Africa, against the distortion of the world

It started in 2012, when a group of professional photographers working in Africa realized that Instagram was a perfect space to show what the photos they published in traditional media didn't show.Their goal: to challenge the stereotypes that distort our vision of the world .The project has grown so much that today it has dozens of similar accounts for, for example, Latin America, Eastern Europe or the Middle East.Everyday Africa, with almost 370,000 followers, remains its star profile.

Principia Marsupia, a theoretical physicist in Kurdistan

Alberto Sicilia is one of those Spanish journalists that you have to follow closely.Theoretical physicist involved in a freelance reporter, his job is to write from conflict zones.His work can be followed from his blog in Publico.His Instagram profile, relatively new and with 8,500 followers, follow the classic rules of the social network.Photographs with mobile in square format immerse us in Mosul, Iraq, and in Kurdistan , in full struggle for their independence.

Simone Brabant, the pioneer

This Italian photographer, better known on Instagram as Brahmino, claims to be the first professional in his country to launch into the social network.He did it there by 2011, when having a smartphone was not something so usual, and today has 891,000 followers.His work focuses on landscapes and takes us around the world.One of his latest works in the network comes from Bogota, where he photographed the filming of the third season of the Netflix Narcos series .

World Press Photo

It doesn't take many words to accompany the name of World Press Photo, the organization behind one of the most prestigious photojournalism awards in the world .In recent years, his efforts on Instagram have paid off.If your 796,000 followers say so.Every week, a different photographer or professional from the story-telling gets to the controls of the profile, selecting the images.Your account is full of those pictures before which the world closes its eyes Greece, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya...

These images are very dear to my heart.When Laith Majid and his family, refugees from Iraq, arrived on the beach in Kos, they showed so much love towards each other, that I completely lost it and started crying along with them.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Laith's mother was lying on her death bed, they decided to return to Iraq.t on the plane to Baghdad.Today, they live in fear of the same militias they ran away from-back to square one with all their savings gone.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ and I am a photographer from Germany, currently based between there and Spain.This week I'm taking over the over the World Press Photo Foundation Instagram feed ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For the past few years on undocumented migration towards the European Union.I have traveled to Turkey, Greece, Morocco, Libya and the Balkans and have encountered hundreds of people pursuing a safer life.Pushed by poverty and war, pulled by safety and prosperity, they embody the economic and political imbalance that has come to characterize the current state of the world.An imbalance which, I fear, will only increase over the coming years.Taken for @nytimes.DanielEtter #newyorktimes

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Marcus Bleasdale, photos for human rights

Regular contributor to National Geographic, with about 20 years of experience as a photojournalist, Marcus Bleasdale has focused his work on denouncing the violation of human rights around the world.The last four years of his life he has spent documenting the conflict of the Republic of Central Africa , a work that has earned him the recognition of Amnesty International and the Robert Capa gold medal.

Ed Kashi, seeking a positive impact on the world

He is another of the National Geographic regulars.Ed Kashi has focused his work on showing the least known face of the United States , as in his award-winning Newest Americans project.Following the steps of the generations Most recent immigrants in the US, this photojournalist's Instagram profile also shows many images of Central America and, especially, of Nicaragua.

Jose Luis Roca, iPhone photojournalism

This photographer from Cádiz regularly publishes in El Periodico de Catalunya.On Instagram he has not succumbed to the temptations of every professional. His work is 100% mobile .The photos are shot with an iPhone, in format square and are edited only on the smartphone.Although it does not reach 3,000 followers, Roca's profile on Instagram, only in black and white, deserves at least five minutes of attention.

Andrew Quilty, stories in the selfie era

Australian of origin, Quilty is one of the few who continues to portray Afghanistan , 16 years after the war against the Taliban began which, although the opposite is said, seems far from over.work has been published recently by Foreign Policy.On Instagram, where it is followed by almost 150,000 people, it shows the worst face of the war, but not only.Its motto: histories, not selfies.

Sam Vox, photojournalist by Instagram's work and grace

"My name is Sam Vox.I am a freelance photographer from Tanzania.I became a full-time photographer thanks to Instagram".This is how this African photojournalist explains his recent success.In three years in the social network he has exceeded 45,000 followers with images that show the less known face of his native country.

David Guttenfelder, National Geographic is also mobile

It is not a coincidence that three of the selected profiles are linked to National Geographic.The weight of this magazine in the history of photography and photojournalism is unquestionable.The work of David Guttenfelder has taken him to about 100 countries around of the world.And to have more than a million followers on Instagram.Ha has won eight times a World Press Photo and has been a seven-time Pulitzer finalist.Besides, his images on Instagram are only photos taken with the cell phone.I had to be on this list.Among our most successful works, his report from North Korea for which Time magazine selected one of his images as one of the 100 most influential photographs of all time.

Lee Jeffries, the instagramer of the homeless

Original from Manchester, Lee Jeffries has been portraying the invisible side of the rich European societies for more than a decade.Children, adults and elderly homeless people occupy their work and their Instagram profile, where they have about 215,000 followers.photography goes far beyond the mobile and makes it impossible to keep a unique image of your profile, so to finish, double ration of photojournalism on Instagram .

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Images: Maheder, Alberto Sicilia, Simone Brabante, Daniel Etter, Marcus Bleasdale, Ed Kashi, Jose Luis Roca, Andrew Quilty, Sam Voice, David Guttenfelder, Lee Jeffries, iStock

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