Instagram

Instagramps: Long-Distance Grandpa's Art Carries His Love Across The World

2:47pm December 02, 2016

by Jacklyn Kim

At 75, Chanjae Lee hated the idea of learning this bizarre thing called Instagram. He also hadn't picked up a paintbrush in years. But then, his grandchildren moved away and a baby was born.

Christopher Mensah, owner and tattoo artist at the Pinz-N-Needlez tattoo shop in Washington, D.C., creates the outline for Oshun Afrique's 35th tattoo.

For Tattoo Artists, Race Is In the Mix When Ink Meets Skin

4:35pm December 01, 2016

by Parth Shah

Skin tone is only part of the challenge for an oft-tattooed customer who wants to see herself reflected in the "human canvases" of tattoo artists.

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Fati Abubakar takes her camera and goes searching for bitsofborno — people who show how life goes on in the troubled northeast of Nigeria.

Health & Safety

Who's The Woman With The Camera Chasing Smiles And Styles In Nigeria?

5:07pm October 02, 2016

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

She's Fati Abubakar and she takes pictures for her Instagram feed, bitsofborno, showing how life goes on in a region best known for ties to Boko Haram.

Gloria, 13, of Oaxaca, Mexico, holds a duck at home. Sexually abused by her father, she became a mother at the age of 12.

Health & Safety

PHOTOS: A Peephole Into The Lives Of Coal Miners, Teen Moms, City Folk

4:12pm September 20, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

A selection of winning photos from Getty Images second annual Instagram Grant highlights stories from Latin America, Ethiopia and India.

How Luck And Intuition Helped To Build Instagram

10:07am September 19, 2016

David Greene talks to Guy Raz — host of the new NPR podcast "How I Built This" — about how the founders of the photo-sharing app Instagram got their business off the ground.

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Instagram photos posted by depressed individuals had values that shifted towards those in the bottom photograph, compared with photos posted by people who weren't depressed. The bottom photo has higher hue (bluer), lower saturation (grayer) and lower brig

Instagramming In Black And White? Could Be You're Depressed

12:46pm August 24, 2016

by Angus Chen

Researchers analyzed people's photo galleries on Instagram, then asked about their mental health. People who favored darker, grayer photos and filters were more likely to be depressed.

Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov posted on Instagram that he has "completely lost" his cat.

World News

Chechen Strongman Takes To Instagram To Search For His Lost Cat

12:48pm May 21, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

"We have begun to seriously worry," leader Ramzan Kadyrov tells his 1.8 million Instagram followers. He's known for ruling the Russian republic with an iron fist and stiffing dissent.

The Benicia Compliments page sprang up on Instagram as a platform for girls attending Benicia High School to tag each other in positive social media posts.

Teen Girls Flip The Negative Script On Social Media

5:38am March 24, 2016

by Stella Lau

Teen girls experience a lot of hate online. While parents and teachers try to address these problems from outside girl culture, teens have been coming up with their own social media solutions.

Pope Francis poses for a selfie with a young woman at the end of his weekly general audience at St Peter's square on Wednesday. The pope has now joined Instagram — although his account will be filled with press photos, not with selfies.

Religion

Pope Francis Joins Instagram

10:53am March 19, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The pontiff has signed up for the photo-based social media site under the username "Franciscus."

One social media misstep from Snoop Dogg; inadvertent fame for a tiny Romanian village.

Snoop Dogg Makes Romanian Village Famous With Instagram Mistake

9:44pm March 17, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The rapper presumably meant to tag his location as Bogotá, Colombia, but instead checked in at Bogata, Romania, a small village which had some fun with the mistake.