Friday, July 1, 2011

Meet the Top 15 Photographers on Instagram [PICS]

The nature of most social networks is such that brands and big name celebrities attract the most fans and followers. This is not the case on Instagram, where photographers, designers and artists dominate the charts.
The hot — but still indie — social network for iPhoneographers has never publicly revealed its top 20 users. That changes today, as Instagram has exclusively shared its most-followed users list with Mashable.
Instagram’s top users, as seen below in a photo gallery that highlights their art, are a unique bunch who collectively love to edit their iPhone photos and share them with other photo aficionados. Some have a predilection for the Earlybird filter, most appreciate a smattering of camera effects applications and a few are Instagram-only mobile photographers.
Our gallery excludes MTV (ranked fourth with 52,133 followers), Burberry (ranked eleventh with 45,366 followers), @jack (Jack Dorsey, CEO and founder of Square, ranked twelfth with 44,845 followers) and NPR(ranked thirteenth with 44,242 followers). We decided instead to focus on the everyday Instagram users who have managed to amass impressive followings by the merit of their art alone.
Instagram was not the first iPhone app with camera effects or mobile photo-sharing, nor will it be the last, but it’s certainly representative of a larger iPhoneography movement that is captivating and inspiring mobile users around the world.
Keep reading to learn how Instagram’s most-followed users are using the iPhone application to supplement their work and capture the world in unique ways. We asked each Instagram user to share a favorite shot, and we augment those photos with our own editorial selections.
Follower counts will likely have changed between the time the post was compiled and published.
Posting Source: http://mashable.com/2011/06/30/instagram-most-followed/#view_as_one_page-gallery_box1679

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