MY DEVELOPMENT INSPIRATION

I have come across many independent magazine that are advertised on Instagram. This way they can visually communicate their concept and theme. The indie-magazines that I have come across are very graphical and in some ways very random which makes the photographs more artistic. I have been following them on Instagram to help me create my layout in a professional manner and how I can present this in my art exhibition.

https://www.antennebooks.com - this website has been very helpful, it consists of magazines that are artistic and graphical.

Instagram is a very influential social media app. You can upload any image, whether it is provocative or artistic. I think it is suppose to communicate to your friends though images but what I have noticed is that is more about how many followers you have and how many like you get on an image you upload. This app may just be a way for people to get attention easily without even trying to communicate face to face. 

I think it creates a great negative impact for both boys and girls who don't have a great self-esteem. Ive seen many accounts promoting what you are suppose to look like, what you are suppose to eat and what photos you need to take in order to get recognised ( getting as many likes) I think Instagram can be an artistic way of communicating but i think you can be pressured and almost hypnotised to be what you see online or what has been recognised the most. Once I started using this app i found it very provoking and more like a competition rather than just something you can enjoy scrolling through. Veganism has been a very identified subject on Instagram, people my age on this app photograph themselves displaying what they look like because of this diet. It may be a good way for people to understand what they eat but i think it has become more of a social media lifestyle rather than a real lifestyle diet.  I think most of these people go on this diet to show people that they are 'healthy' but they don't understand that it is more than only eating fruits and vegetables. You can be influenced to start this diet by the sharp and high quality photographs and the amount of compliments a photo gets of someone who has a very slim figure or unusually clear and flawless skin. 

Instagram can be really enjoyable but i think that people have taken it too seriously. If we didn't have this app, I am sure that most of us would be completely different and more different to one another. - we are all unique because we see things differently but who we are as a person could be a huge contrast if we did not have Instagram. 

I enjoy Instagram after realising that i need to block out all these negative aspects of this app. I can take photos that I feel people would enjoy to see, it is who i am and I only follow people that inspire me to be who I am because i know that being who I am is the best I will ever be and no one will change that not even on social media.