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TarotReader
Location: Greater Toronto Area Gender: Female Total Likes: 11 likes
| | | Re: What do you think about "Instagram Explorers"? < Reply # 21 on 10/23/2014 10:45 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I don't really pay attention to other people's urban exploration on instagram - but being a heavy insta user myself (mostly pictures of my dog, nature, and food) I will on occasion post a picture of a beautifully cracked wall, a broken window with the light shining through, or other pieces of abandonments that I've explored. However; my instagram is private, and I mostly have close friends and family on it. I am in no way "hashtagging" these things and attempting to get a public following, that would just be stupid (in my opinion). I just like sharing what I see as the beauty around me with my loved ones. I obviously don't want to (and don't) reveal the locations to non urban explorers, in fear that they won't treat the location with respect if they go, etc. I always private message friends about it if they show interest in a photo; and if they wanna go check it out one time with me as someone who knows the ropes then fine. Most of the time, people are too freaked out to go anyways. I hate when people publicize the locations of places; that's why so many that we go to are destroyed beyond any form of recognition In short, I think it's a bit silly to be like oh look at me look where I go and what I do, to the general public, especially when it's mostly breaking the law. But I've never seen these accounts - and if the locations aren't obvious in the photos, and they pay respect to the locations I don't necessarily see anything wrong with it. It would REALLY suck if urban exploring went hardcore mainstream though. I would be very upset. Or if these people destroy shit. If that's the case, fuck that. But that's just my opinion! P.S. awesome question!!!
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| eidolon
Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen Total Likes: 9 likes
| | | Re: What do you think about "Instagram Explorers"? < Reply # 22 on 10/24/2014 12:36 AM > | Reply with Quote
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| terapr0
Location: Sauga City Gender: Male Total Likes: 341 likes
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| | | | Re: What do you think about "Instagram Explorers"? < Reply # 25 on 10/24/2014 2:36 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | it's not so much that I have an issue with instagram as a platform, but that I just think camera phones are, generally speaking, total fucking rubbish. I love photography, and exploring, and if given the option, I want to document my experiences to the best of my abilities and hopefully capture some interesting photos along the way. Not that it's impossible to take good photos with a cellphone, but it's hardly the ideal tool. Why would you intentionally limit yourself to hokey filters and low resolution when consumer grade DSLRs and point & shoots are cheaper than ever? And yes, of course a phone is better than nothing, but if given the choice I cannot imagine selecting it as the preferred tool for artistic expression / historical documentation. All of this being said, I'm probably a bit of a dinosaur in regards to social media and quite frankly do not really give two shits. These people are free to do whatever makes them happy and I wish them the best of luck. By the sounds of it they seem to be attracting quite an audience, which any artist will tell you is not the easiest of tasks. $0.02
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| Speed
Location: Philly area Gender: Male Total Likes: 592 likes
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| | | Re: What do you think about "Instagram Explorers"? < Reply # 29 on 10/24/2014 2:56 AM > | Reply with Quote
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