1. Gueorgui Pinkhassov
“Instagram is a showcase. You engage an interested public with your latest success—or not. You rise, you fall. This excites me, and at the same time disciplines me.”
(Photo: Gueorgui Pinkhassov)
(Photo: Gueorgui Pinkhassov)
(Photo: Gueorgui Pinkhassov)
(Photo: Gueorgui Pinkhassov)
2. Matt Black
“The advantage of Instagram is the ability to directly connect with your audience, and to build conversations around your work. I have used it in that way as I have traveled across the U.S. for my project The Geography of Poverty.”
(Photo: Matt Black)
(Photo: Matt Black)
(Photo: Matt Black)
(Photo: Matt Black)
3. Alec Soth
“Social media platforms like Instagram shift the role of photography from documentation to conversation. I use Instagram to explore that shift, as well as to share pictures of my dog.”
(Photo: Alex Soth)
(Photo: Alex Soth)
(Photo: Alex Soth)
(Photo: Alex Soth)
A version of this story originally appeared in the July 2017 issue of Pacific Standard, which was produced in partnership with Magnum Photos.
