Instagram has over 200 million active users, 65% of which are outside of the United States. 60 Million photos are uploaded everyday and on average 1.6 million likes a day. It is used by your everyday "Joe Schmo", but who who think to make a career out of it?
Photojournalists have found a way to incorporate Instagram into making a living. Instagram has turned the average user into amateur photographers who can allow the world to enjoy a piece of their lives and create their own personal photo diary.
Some photographers may blame instagram for the lack of demand for quality photos. Yet, it is the most efficient way to show a story through pictures to the world.
Associated Press photographer, David Guttenfelder was just named TIME's instagram photographer of the year with his project to Korean inner life in the textile factories.
Through strife and joyful times, such as natural disasters and exciting sports events, instagram is used to capture the essence of time and share with the world at the push of a button.
Michael Christopher Brown is also a photojournalist using the avenue of Instagram to connect with another audience. He documented the Liberian war and continues to document the everyday lives of this war-torn country.
Although instargram is no the only outlet for these photojournalists, it is certainly an efficient channel to connect with the world and essential to their storytelling.