Jon Lowenstein is a photographer who came to the South Side of Chicago on an assignment 15 years ago and decided to make the neighborhood his home. He had been photographing his local community for years as a side project but never found an audience for it until he started sharing them on Instagram. Now he has an engaged audience who follows his work everywhere—whether hes sharing everyday photos from the South Side or when he was off on assignment covering Ferguson, Mo. Theres this amazing movement happening on Instagram where photojournalists in particular regions around the world are forming shared accounts where they publish images that celebrate everyday life. It began with Everyday Africa and has now grown to include dozens of accounts, from Everyday Iran and Everyday Sri Lanka to Everyday USA (launched this summer by former AP photographer and TIMEs 2013 Instagram Photographer of the Year, David Guttenfelder.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 05:05:10 +0000
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