(2018-01-12) Goodbye Instagram Hello Ello

Goodbye Instagram, hello Ello – The Startup – Medium

Do you remember Ello?

It was always about artists, and it’s now better than ever.

As a photographer you can’t “grow” on Instagram if you don’t post what the mass enjoy. Yes it makes photographers literally copy each other styles because only some type of images can get big engagement.

There’s a great article on the subject over on Field mag titled “how social media perpetuates cliché photography”, I encourage you to read it.

Why is narrative such a difficult concept for young photographers to master? Because it is a concept that they are unaware of. It is something that they take for granted and do not question, something that visual digital sharing platforms do not encourage

Documentary photographers and photo-journalists can of course share their work on Instagram but they will be mostly ignored by most users.

So I searched for an alternative.

In the past I explored 500px, Flickr, Tumblr, EyeEm, Unsplash and Behance.

For my personal work and daily visual journal I’m switching over to Ello.

Here’s why I chose Ello...Their goal as a business is to bring values to creatives, not treat them as ad-viewers.