The 10 Best Photographers on Instagram

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Scott Rankin

Instagram name: @othellonine

Followers: 29849

Photos taken to date: 287

Why you should follow: His photos are so good they make you want to punch your iphone in its face. Where the hell is he taking these images and how come they look so good? He told me he's not going to tell me (ok that's not true I didn't even ask him that). He's not a professional shooter, he's currently in school and doesn't even own what he calls a "fancy" camera. All the more impressive. You can check out his partner in crime @bittadesign who is also pretty talented.

Adam Senatori

Instagram name: @adamsenatori

Followers: 228038

Photos taken to date: 132

Why you should follow: The aerial shots this guy gets are impressive enough but his stuff when he lands is also pretty excellent.

13thwitness

Instagram name: @13thwitness

Followers: 85257

Photos taken to date: 690

Why you should follow: Really spectacular cityscapes by this user, an example of fine art photography as good as anything you'll find hanging in a gallery (and sometimes better than, in my opinion).

Hiro

Instagram name: @hirozzzz

Followers: 63826

Photos taken to date: 464

Why you should follow: A few of my favorite instagrammers count hirozzzz as someone on top of his isntagame right now, I agree his work is pretty killer. He hits a lot of popular points of good photography in his whimsical, sometimes dreamy, and always well composed images.

Sam Horine

Instagram name: @samhorine

Followers: 211234

Photos taken to date: 1550

Why you should follow: Sam is another Bearded Brooklyner slinging a dslr out of his holster for a living. He does a lot of instagram meetups and photowalks creating art with his camera as he weaves his way around the city. He's gotten a bunch of assignments through instagram for his professional career, which shows you the power of the 'gram (see its starting to sound good now right? the 'gram).

Pei Ketron

Instagram name: @pketron

Followers: 230141

Photos taken to date: 1934

Why you should follow: Pei is a professional photographer who just moved to NYC. She loves symmetry and manages to find the most interesting scenes while traveling with her instafamous partner Chris Connolly @chrisconnolly. Between these two giants of the small screen they have over 500,000 followers...damn!

Janske

Instagram name: @janske

Followers: 21247

Photos taken to date: 442

Why you should follow: If someone is shooting better landscapes than Janske with a phone right now, I haven't seen it. This lady captures amazing scenery catching the light, angle, and moment at the perfect time. Some of her shots look like they cold be hanging in a gallery, I think she's one of the best Instagram users right now.

Theron Humphrey

Instagram name: @thiswildidea

Followers: 140771

Photos taken to date: 2060

Why you should follow: Theron has been getting donations to become a roaming photographer traveling around the country meeting a new person everyday and photographing them (Bill Wadman also did a similar thing a few years back and got some gorgeous portraits - 365 portraits). Along Theron's journey he picked up a dog which has become a bit of an instagram superstar and probably one of the best behaved subjects I've seen, man, woman, child, or dog. People go crazy for his instagram posts, with good cause.

Brandon Schulz

Instagram name: @brandon_schulz

Followers: 4144

Photos taken to date: 409

Why you should follow: The best artistic shots on instagram are usually landscapes, cityscapes, or food in this humble authors opinion (ok so I'm not so humble) But to find someone who does really impressive portraits I find rare on the 'gram (I made that up I have no idea if anyone calls it that, they probably don't) but Brandon changes that with his stream, filled with artistic, thoughtful portraits where you can see a connection to his subject.

Dan Cole

Instagram name: @dankhole

Followers: 181692

Photos taken to date: 1362

Why you should follow: Dan has a great name and great eye for composing shots and a minimalist quality I really like. There's some great symmetry and angles to his images. I met him in person and he said it was nice meeting me afterwards, so he's either a liar or has excellent taste.