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              December 9, 2012
              Pratik Naik

              #NoFilter – Behind The Lens With Instagram’s Biggest Stars

              Have you ever wondered who the people are behind some of Instagram’s biggest profiles? With the way it’s setup, you see their work first but you don’t get to know too much about who they are. Some of the users on Instagram have tremendous followings. What drives them to shoot and who are they? Here are some great interviews about them and their work.  

               

              Name: Steph Goralnick
              Instagram: @sgoralnick
              Resides: Brooklyn, N.Y.
              Job: Graphic designer/photographer
              Style: Colorful mayhem
              Followers: 153,000
              On Instagram since: October 2011

               

              Name: Chris Ozer
              Style: Urban Landscapes
              Instagram: @chrisozer
              On Instagram Since: December 2011
              Followers: 114,000
              Resides: Brooklyn, N.Y.
              Job: Recruiter at NYU

               

              Name: Liz Eswein
              Instagram: @newyorkcity
              Resides: New York, N.Y.
              Job: Co-Founder of Mobile Media Lab
              Style: Urban landscapes
              Followers: 335,000
              On Instagram since: December 2011

               

              Name: Alice Gao
              Instagram: @alice_gao
              Followers: 288,000

               

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              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Lee/603776763 Matthew Lee

                So the key ingredient to become a famous instagram photographer is to move to new york!

              • http://www.facebook.com/nick.kessler.3910 Nick Kessler

                MATT – Fracking awesome! 

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=719119260 Siddharth Govindan

                 True that

              • http://www.facebook.com/stephen.roberts.948 Stephen Roberts

                what a joke

              • Jesi Langdale

                and take pictures of brooklyn all day long.

              • Jesi Langdale

                Some of my favorite instagrams accounts are those of people in Pakistan. My favorites are these two guys. http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/user/244983734/

                http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/user/30656279/

              • http://www.facebook.com/laura.moakley Laura Ryan Moakley

                lol hahahahahaaa

              • http://twitter.com/grafichouse Martin Ellard

                so the video production team didn’t have to walk far to shoot these IG celebs then huh!

              • http://twitter.com/grafichouse Martin Ellard

                i’m on IG and I have nearly 1000 followers built up over nearly two years. Some of the most popular IGers are the ones that followed tens of thousands of people right from the start, that’ll rack up your followers overnight, 90% spam, then just ditch 99% of them after a few weeks, they don’t realise it and you look like you’re super popular, then post the usual every day IG magic and you’ll tick along nicely. Especially if you live in New York. I know i’ve  got a lot of ‘follow me back’ followers but I hope that a large portion of people follow me because they like my images, otherwise what’s the point  ?

              • http://twitter.com/iso1200magazine ISO 1200 Magazine

                Yeah, thanks again Fstoppers. It is a pleasure.

              • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WZFNDSQFYXL2TP3NP2AVEQV32U RUSS

                lol well said iso

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