anticontent

Thought I'd share some Instagram accounts I really enjoy following. In many ways I'd love to get off Instagram, but it's a major presence of so many people I get a lot of joy from following so I have no immediate plans. Here are just a few of them:

• bensirda // I totally get this isn't everyone's thing, but if heavily-processed black and white photography is up your street, there are some lovely examples here
• theblackdog // “we make techno” is pretty good as one-line bios go – music artist account, and an artist I don't listen to as much as I'd like, but which I enjoy following nonetheless – strikes me as an artist account done right
• coppernotes // Exquisite but unadulterared photography of Scotland's scenery by Fiona Reid
• doug_chiang // Lovely concept art work from the Lucasfilm VP and Creative Exec – as close as you'll get to an active Ralph McQuarrie Insta account
• hayakawakio // A designer's account, but for lovely photography taken in and around Tokyo and beyond
• inkyprintsstudio // Judy is family, so of course I'm biased, but she has a lovely Insta account devoted to her print-making
• leahj.72 // Lovely observations of the world around by, I infer, a practicing zen buddhist
• lei.cr // Beautiful mainly-urban photography from Mexico – possibly my favourite Instagram account – the stories put my posts to shame
• markshallestate // If there's a nice park or public garden near you, look em up on Instagram and see if they're active and post nice things
• miyuki_calligrapher // Zen calligraphy – just beautiful
• mat_ranson // Design and photography – I don't understand it, but I know I like it
• NASA // Some people's work makes it easier to do good Instagram, doesn't it?
• nicolaturnerphotography // Lovely travel photography, but with none of the cheesy egotism as your stereotypical Instagrammers
• ocramnartlof // Really striking abstract digital art – Marco was good enough to let me use one of his images for a music project
• paradisecafe00 // If your local greasy spoon is on Insta, give them a follow – joy will ensue
• retroscifiart // Not originial work, but as it's studiously-researched and immaculately-credited I'm very happy to recommend this oft-updated feed of retro sci-fi and adjacent artworks
• rhayader_computers // Lovely little account run by a retro computing shop
• rochester_zen__center // A lot of your Buddhist Instagram accounts just have cribbed Buddha pictures and (often trite) self-improvement quotes – Rochester Zen Center's takes a very different approach, with lovely pics from around their Sangha
• strictlykev // Lovely account from the Ninja Tune musician, who is perhaps less well known for also being an excellent graphic designer – shares lovely things both made and seen
• tinglow // Beautiful ink sketches
• tofugom // Lovely understated urban photography – great seeing, and you never quite know what you'll see next
• xtrazen // Extremely-laid back Instagramming from the introverted half of Coldcut – simple noticings, lovingly snapped