Every day, the PetaPixel Instagram account is sharing excellent photography from our readers and those who inspire us. Here is a look at some of our recent favorite posts and the photographers behind the lens.
Our @PetaPixel Instagram page has been posting all the great work that finds its way in front of our eyes. Want to see your photos shared on our account? First, you’ll want to follow us. Then use the #petapixel hashtag in your posts to join our Instagram community of photographers. These steps let us easily find what to share.
Below, we recognize a selection of talented photographers who recently had their work featured on @PetaPixel. Keep posting your images with #petapixel and you could find yourself here next week.
Felix Wesch is a 40-year-old photographer living in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and can be found simply as @felixwesch on Instagram. “Usually I only take pictures close to my home to be as flexible as possible if the weather and light are great, but from time to time I like to travel,” Wesch told PetaPixel. This photo happens to be the result of one of those rarer occasions of travel. “I was waiting for chamois in southern France and had this view.”
Gheorghe Popa is a pharmacist and nature photographer and can be found on Instagram as @gheorghepopaofficial. Popa said that his photographs “create a monument to unique beauty that lies within untouched nature.” He aims to bring responsibility and attention to his viewers and encourage them to cherish and protect these environments. National Geographic, Natuurfotografie Magazine, and Forum Naturfotografie have taken notice and published his fine work.
Moises Levy, known as @moises_levy_street on Instagram, is an architect and photographer based in Mexico. “I like to freeze special moments,” he said. Levy looks for movements, gestures, funny moments, or hidden messages to photograph. He said that it takes a lot of time searching and waiting for them to come, and they can happen at the least expected time and place.
Tom and Ute Photography, found on Instagram as @tomutefotografie, are a photographer couple that has been together since the 80s and married for over 20 years. Over the past decade, they have found portrait photography as a calling and work together to further develop their talents.
Dennis Maida, or @dennismaidaphotography on Instagram, is a landscape, astro, and portrait photographer from New Jersey. “I became interested in photography as a means to cope with PTSD after my deployment to Iraq in 2007 with the U.S. Navy,” Maida told PetaPixel. “I recently started The f/22 Project to help veterans with PTSD heal through the art of photography.”
Be sure to follow us on Instagram to see more work from photographers like you and tag photos with #petapixel for them to be considered for a feature.
Image credits: All photographs used with the permission of their respective photographers.