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The HongKongers (Part II) by Nicolas Petit

The HongKongers (Part II) by Nicolas Petit

The HongKongers Part II by Nicolas Petit Photos by Nicolas Petit / Words by Gabriella Zanzanaini The first part of the Hongkongers series can be found here. It’s quiet in the late hours of the night, the early moments of the morning. The fluorescent lighting tubes go...

Polaroid Swing: Not Just Another App

Polaroid Swing: Not Just Another App

You've heard it before: "omigosh you have to check out this new app, it's so cool!" So you install it, but within a week, it's just wasting precious megabytes, sitting unused on your iPhone. With this in mind, I was a bit skeptical about trying out Polaroid Swing; I'm...

Walk Along the Sea by Tiphaine Diadel

Walk Along the Sea by Tiphaine Diadel

My name is Tiphaine and I invite you to cross the Atlantic to Europa and travel with me in Brittany, on the west coast of France, where I live. In Saint-Malo, there is a very long beach of 3 kilometers. At high tide as much as low tide, the journey is always...

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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Learning From The Masters (A Photography Challenge)

Learning From The Masters (A Photography Challenge)

‘m no stranger to the classroom. I taught documentary photography, and multimedia storytelling in San Francisco, California for two years at The Academy of Art University. During this past spring semester I taught ‘Fundamentals of Photography’ for the first time in Texas. Besides introducing my students to the importance of the exposure triangle, the importance of carrying a camera everywhere and practice, I introduced them to the ‘masters of photography.’

Aircrafting “Lascaux” filmed with the Nokia Lumia 1020

Aircrafting “Lascaux” filmed with the Nokia Lumia 1020

Winter is a good time to think, make plans and visualize. Sometime after the snow began to melt I decided it’d be a good time to try my hand at moving pictures. I was testing out a Nokia Lumia 1020, and friends of mine were working on a new record.
It was the perfect scenario for an experiment.

Storyteller Series: Eder Samayoa

Storyteller Series: Eder Samayoa

Grryo Storyteller Series: Eder Samayoa by Héctor Navarro I want to introduce you to a great friend and fantastic storyteller who has an intriguing photographic series that I enjoy every time he shares his vision through social networks. His name is Eder Samayoa from...

Event: The 24 Hour Project in Guadalajara

Event: The 24 Hour Project in Guadalajara

The 24 Hour Project in Guadalajara by Hector Navarro Torres Imagine documenting and sharing photos of your city for 24 continuous hours, uploading a picture per hour with the possibility to see in real time what other hundreds of mobile photographers are doing in 312...

Storyteller Series: Ben Staley

Storyteller Series: Ben Staley

Storyteller Series: Ben Staley by Brandon Kidwell Ben Staley is a storyteller and artist whose portraits have intimacy and comfort that I deeply admire.  When I see his work, I find myself captivated by the eyes his subjects.  Their faces are strange at first yet...

Storyteller Series: Ayanah

Storyteller Series: Ayanah

Ayanah takes the kind of photos that make you feel like you are a fly on the wall observing her life in action. Her fairytale is hilarious, heart warming, and awe inspiring. She tells stories that give you a glimpse of the dynamics between her children that will make...

Everyone is Flawed and Beautiful

Everyone is Flawed and Beautiful

I approached Ken a while ago with the idea of interviewing him regarding his frequent 'street portrait' posts on Instagram. Ken, ever the one to deflect the spotlight, helped me come up with the idea of including some others, and what resulted from this was the...

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