We are using Instagram now

Published by Paula Bray on February 23, 2011 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

In the basement with the collection

This photograph, of the basement where we house some of the collection, was taken using Instagram, a new photo sharing app that makes images appear as if they have been taken with an old camera and shared it instantly with your friends. Instagram’s inspiration came from old Polaroid camera photographs and how they were instant and quite magical. If you have been following Photo of the Day for a while you will know that we love to share some of the behind the scenes of what is going on in the Museum and Instagram really appealed to us for sharing the photos quickly with our audience.

If you have an account then you can search for ours which is powerhouse_museum and then follow us to see our photos. We will share as many of these photos on the blog, twitter and Flickr when we can. Hope you enjoy them!

Photography by Paula Bray
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0

  • Aram

    This is a terrible idea. The notion that desaturating, vignetting, and overexposing images can somehow improve a photograph is rooted in lunacy.

    As a photographer, I find the current trend of trying to mask the flaws in a photograph by adding even more egregious flaws to be worrying. And I don’t see how looking at an artificially aged digital photograph on a computer screen can hold any nostalgic value.

    If you insist on using Instagram, which isn’t in any way superior to most of the myriad of other image sharing services, I beg you to refrain from using “hipster” filters.

  • Joanne

    Oh Jesus, lighten up will you

  • http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imagesrvices/ Paula Bray

    The main reason we are using Instagram as one of many photography applications is to share our behind the scenes photos instantly.

    Aram you may enjoy this discussion about the recent award by World Press Photo to Michael Wolf for “A Series of Unfortunate Events”

    on dvafoto

    I think the notion around ‘what is considered photography’ today is certainly an interesting debate.