The New Economics of Photojournalism: The rise of Instagram

Instagram, the brainchild of software engineers Kevin Systrom and Michel Krieger, was launched in October 2010 to almost little notice. At the time, the iPhone app was competing against Hipstamatic, which enjoyed particular popularity even in the photojou

via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/report/2202300/the-new-economics-of-photojournalism-the-rise-of-instagram

Instagram has enjoyed unprecedented success, with more than 80m users that now include some of the world’s most renowned photojournalists. Olivier Laurent speaks with them about Instagram’s potential and how it is shaping the photographic industry