On the Instagram Presidential Campaign Trail – The New York Times

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On the Instagram Presidential Campaign Trail

Presidential candidates are using Instagram to shape their image and communicate with voters with varying success. A look at their feeds reveals some of their strategies — or lack thereof.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/on-the-instagram-presidential-campaign-trail/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog

Traditional photojournalism once dominated campaign coverage. Candidates strove to appear “presidential” in staged or stately images, which were then published in weekly picture magazines and daily newspapers or broadcast on the nightly television newscast.