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German Hanami
“It is spring time now! While the world looks for a new war to fight, you look for a cherry blossom to watch! Let the stupid seek violence; you seek the elegance!” Mehmet Murat ildan The wind picks up a plastic bag from the street and swirls it into the air. The...
R u capable: Self-inquiry Through Photography by Mark L. Chaves
An Interview with Photographer Idan Golko: A Self-examined Life In one of my prior corporate gigs, a division VP said to me, “Mark, you seem to lead a self-examined life.” I was surprised by this. I mean, I took this remark as a compliment, but did I? Did I inspect my...
Rediscover Dubai by Geny Villareal Baluyot
Dubai is rich in history and outstanding architecture. One of my favorite places to visit and to photograph is Al Ras, a small district in Deira near the creek, which means “the cove”. Each time I go to this place, I always discover something new. A few months ago, I...
The Instagram #StorytellerCircle
Each week, on Mondays, we challenge our Instagram community with a story prompt. Here is how it works:
We select a photo from our #wearegrryo hashtag and post it to the @wearegrryo account.
You can add a story in 1-2 sentences in the comments. The best gets a feature here on our website.
Good Luck!
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The Storytellers: Special Edition
The witches had been coming to his café, his very table, for two weeks. At first they seemed like normal women but a good server notices things . . .
The Storytellers Vol. 13
. . . she took my hand and said Peter Pan had it got it right and that on this trip we were going to adventure and find magic.
States of Mind by Emma Amar
"We would have said that I existed of two manners, between what I was for me and what I was for the others. There was no relationship." - Simone de Beauvoir I think of defining myself by these few lines... In my head is a winter decor, a Baudelaire's Spleen...
Framing Feelings by Racheli Shavit
My main occupation in the last ten years or so is song writing, which mainly means writing lyrics to songs in close cooperation with musicians and performing artists. The last two years have been dramatically overwhelming in my personal life. For 25 years I’ve lived...
West Lake Rhapsody by Nga Hoang
In a city that is built on lowlands between rivers, there is no shortage of waterfront retreats, and West Lake is up there with the best of them. It serves as a rare green lung amid the ever-growing concrete jungle, an oasis of calm away from the hustle and bustle.
Dancing in Abandoned Places with Austen Browne
I can remember when I first found Austen Browne's work on Instagram. The ability to upload video was still relatively new to the app, and I was searching for creative videos to feature on an account I'd cleverly dubbed "@creativevideo". It was tough wading through...
The Storytellers Vol. 12
To all the clowns out there, please do not take offence by what I am about to say, you see, looking at you makes me sad, not happy at all . . .
Life is full of surprises… by Marina Sersale
Of all the things I could do in my life, I never imagined that a photography exhibition in Tehran would be one of them. Instead, a few weeks ago I found myself (@eauditalie) on a plane bound for Tehran, for the first group exhibition of Hikari Creative, the photography collective that Q. Sakamaki, Ako Salemi, Eric Mencher and I launched on Instagram in December 2014.
A New Pair of Eyes
Being born and raised in Jakarta, there have been times in the past I have complained about the city. Jakarta’s traffic can be crazy, the unending line of malls everywhere can be dull and the pollution is bad too. Nonetheless, I have learned to look at my city with a new pair of eyes.