This Instagram account shows that all Instagram accounts are the same
Jul 27, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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If you spend some time scrolling through Instagram feed, I’m sure you’ve noticed that many people post same or similar types of images. The woman behind @insta_repeat account has noticed that as well, so she has decided to create an Instagram account mocking this trend and pointing out to the lack of originality.
The person behind @insta_repeat is a 27-year old woman, a filmmaker and an artist living in Anchorage, Alaska. However, she doesn’t reveal her identity. The motto of her account reads “Wander. Roam. Replicate.” and there are collages of cliché travel images you’ll see all over Instagram. Here are some examples, I’m sure they look familiar.
In an interview she gave to Photo Shelter, the woman behind @insta_repeat said that photos of “adventurers” and “explorers” from around the world inspired her to create the account. Many of these photos look the same, and the purpose of @insta_repeat is “to critique originality in media creation.”
Although I like the idea of trolling unimaginative Instagrammers, there’s one thing I have to notice. Some photographers and videographers have already done it in a similar way, creating videos that show all the clichés of Instagram. So, perhaps, it could be that criticizing Instagram clichés is slowly becoming a cliché itself.
[via PhotoShelter]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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17 responses to “This Instagram account shows that all Instagram accounts are the same”
Is criticizing the critics on instagram clichés becoming a cliché?
And is commenting on critics on criticizing… what?
Instagram? What’s that and why would you put photos on it unless your an attention whore. Tahk pictures for yourself and not the attention you want.
Isn’t the point of photography/art to share with the world? Why create art and never let anyone see it? Doesn’t make sense to me, Instagram has its share of attention whores, but they are sharing pictures of their ass not nice pictures they have taken.
I could not disagree more. The point of photography/art should be about what it does for YOUR SOUL….if other people find out about it or like it, then great, ADDED BONUS.
That is the problem with Social Media and “Art” today….too many people think it is about “sharing” …. its not, and it never has been.
Most of the most famous photographers out there didn’t get that way because they shared their work. They did work for themselves, people noticed it, thought it was good, hired them, and then published their work and they became famous.
You read about great musicians, photographers, authors and their success stories, its almost NEVER about….well I really wanted to “share” my art, that is why I did this…..No….its usually, “I felt something, or this moved me, so I wanted to make this….”
At least IMHO, that is what it SHOULD be about.
Your argument is muddled and dogmatic. You conflate sharing one’s art with creating art specifically to appeal to others. I think that’s more of a reflection on you than anything else.
Famous photographers are famous because they shared their work with the right people at the right time. I don’t know what process you imagine can occur if you don’t share your work. I’m certainly not waiting for the pictures I don’t share to be featured on the covers of magazines.
Those ‘great musicians, photographers, [and] authors’ you read about? You read about them because they shared their work. Musicians played and sang for people. Photographers showed people their work. (…do I need to point out that authors have explicitly put down words on paper for other people to read?)
So yes, I agree that you should create art that appeals to you. I’m just not sure why you think that precludes sharing it, or why you are trying to lay down laws for (other?) artists.
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Erin Guest Thanks. I usually check for these mistakes but was in a bit of a rush.
#AllOfUsAreEquallyDifferent
… and differently equals ! ?
Looks like a good photo set to train some AI.
PS: None of these words are original either.
My Ig looks nothing like anyone elses.
I have zero photos like any of these on my Instagram.
Sometimes there’s only so many ways you can take the same photo.
If you look hard enough you can find repetition almost anywhere.
Whatever happened to “You do you, Boo”?
No comment, here, on the Instagram ‘repeats’, but, I do note that many of these images on that site are exactly like some of the stock photos that are available. Many of the locations, sans the human, are available for use in digital art/compositions, too. These are really popular places to visit, apparently!
I have zero photos like these on my IG. Probably because I’m poor and can’t travel to those places.
It’s happening when your company take a bad digital agency. They just making a copy. Good to find some good one like fuselabcreative.com or any from top US