10 Photographers Who Launched Their Careers Using Instagram

Instagram can open doors for aspiring photographers. Just ask the ones who tapped into the social media platform's fullest potential and made it big.

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Instagram has changed the way we share and experience photography probably more than any other social media platform. Most people who use it are “amateurs,” but sometimes those people have the most interesting feeds, and over time they grow to become professionals behind the lens. There are lots of stories of people who became famous on Instagram for their work, many who were casual shooters and found their calling within the squares.

We compiled a list of 10 Photographers Who Launched Their Careers Using Instagram that you should definitely check out, whether you’re a casual user yourself or an aspiring photographer. To be clear, we’re not suggesting that these individuals owe their careers to the ’gram or that they were unknown before reaching a certain milestone of followers, but all of them have seen their stars rise higher because of the work that they shared on IG.

Paul Octavious

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Theron Humphrey

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Hiroaki Fukuda

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Chris Ozer

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Emily Blincoe

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Sonya Yu

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Elise Swopes

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Trashhand

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Ike Edeani

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Amanda Jasnowski

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