Generic Instagram Shots… Done Badly

For his bachelor thesis project, titled “notwinstagram,” German artist Daniel Reuber decided to flip Instagram fads on their head. Instead of creating picture-perfect Instagram shots that show (or fake) a wonderful life, Reuber decided to show what those same shots would look like for someone with a very sad life.

The goal was “creating the identity of an anti-social, unlucky, poor person through images,” Reuber. “These images use the same stereotypical props, perspectives and compositional elements as the image categories that resulted from the studies, but showing something actually bad…”

#coffee

#flatlay

#followmeto

#foodporn

#friends

#fromwhereistand

#hotdoglegs

#lazysunday

#outfitoftheday

#windowseat

#wokeuplikethis

#workspace

You can also view this project on Facebook and Behance, or read the full thesis behind these images.

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Image credits: Photographs by Daniel Reuber and used with permission

from PetaPixel http://petapixel.com/2016/07/21/generic-instagram-shots-done-badly/