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Friday Inspiration: Keep Your Eye on These Philly Photographers
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: we have a love-hate relationship with Instagram. No matter the location, there will always be tour...
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: we have a love-hate relationship with Instagram. No matter the location, there will always be tourists making the same picture as everyone else and throwing it up on the ’gram. You’ve got the adventurer’s ever-popular shot of Peyto Lake in Banff National Park, the fashionista’s photoshoot in front of the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO, the Westerner’s casual yet perfectly centered portrait at Fushimi Inari in Kyoto. (I truly could go on forever.) At an individual level, these images have the potential to be quite beautiful but there is something to be said for beautiful things losing their charm when they’re photographed the same way over and over again.
However, I’d like to remind everyone that in the background of all of those quintessential tourist shots are countless local photographers exploring less popular neighborhoods, alleys, hidden gems and the like. No one knows the complexities of a city like its residents and the unseen parts of a popular city or photo destination deserve far more recognition than they’re receiving. These images can be a little harder to find because many locals don’t geotag their spots to deter those same pesky tourists from showing up and wreaking havoc, but they’re great when you stumble across them through a choice hashtag or local connection.
This week on our Instagram we featured Kriston Jae Bethel, a local Philadelphia photographer documenting the lives of his fellow Philly residents. His work is quite honest and we found ourselves wondering what other local Philly photographers were shooting. Below are six who piqued our interest for their unique point of view and expert celebration of the City of Brotherly Love.
Vicki Liantonio
Anthony DiFilippo
Jen Strogatz
Chris Giuliano
Haley Richter
Naheem Brooks
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