The 60 most creative Instagram profiles from around the world – Our personal favorites (Part 1)
Artists and creative people are constantly searching for new inspiration and ideas for their next works. Over time, most of us build up a veritable portfolio of sources and resources that we can always refer back to when we get stuck with our imagination.
source of inspiration online : Instagram . More and more creative people are using this social media channel as a stage to showcase their work, sharing concepts and sketches and creating the most unusual trends.
The visual social media network has become a true treasure trove for daily inspiration and creative expression.
The difficulty – especially if you are relatively new to Instagram – is to pick out from the millions of profiles those that stand out from the crowd in a special way and are characterized by a creativity that is second to none.
We've done the hard work for you and present our personal favorites in this post – divided into categories – for your daily dose of inspiration…
Creative Photography
1. Andrew Knapp – Find Momo
Photographer Andrew Knapp , originally an interface designer from northern Ontario, Canada, has taken the internet by storm with his endearing version of "Where's Waldo?". The star of his hidden object pictures is his collie, Momo.
The tricky task of constantly searching for one's dog in the photographs can almost be addictive.
Ida Skiveness's work revolves around food art. Whether inspired by the vibrant world of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" or the Beatles song "Strawberry Fields Forever" composed by John Lennon, this artist recreates scenes using food.
Tania Ahsan captures the world of her cuddly bulldog "Maya" and her adventures on the streets of New York in her photographs. The photographer's images bring a smile to the viewer's face, make us laugh, and inspire us to simply go outside and do something special.
On the Instagram profile iloveplaymo, photography and the famous Playmobil figures come together and come to life. The pictures primarily depict current events and happenings from around the world and from everyday life.
Malaysian artist Hong Yi – known by the nickname “Red” – is best known for painting without a brush. Her style is characterized by using everyday objects to compose wonderful images.
Her works have already been discovered and featured by media outlets worldwide. While the artist also has her own blog, she is much more active on her Instagram profile, where she regularly hosts imaginative mini-projects, each focusing on a specific medium for creating her works.
One of her more recent projects revolved around the theme “Make-Up meets Chinese Art” , in which she used make-up to paint her pictures.
Darryll Jones, a toy collector and photographer living in Great Britain, stages his collection in wonderfully creative photographs amidst a natural environment.
This Austin (USA) based photographer has a strong affinity for the coordination and order of different colors, beautiful landscapes, and colorful objects of all kinds.
This profile was the response of a Malaysian mother to attempts to get her very picky daughter to eat. It quickly became a huge success on social media and rapidly gained popularity far beyond the country's borders.
She playfully and colorfully demonstrates all the things you can do with food besides simply eating it. The images and her language seem perfectly suited to the Instagram platform – and they don't require an extremely high resolution to be visually enjoyable.
Sejkko embraces a minimalist , transporting us to a future where vibrant colors and surrealism take center stage. This artist seems to be a never-ending source of creativity and inspiration – whether it's his masks or his series of houses that resemble paintings less like architecture and more like paintings that merge seamlessly with their surroundings.
The Spaniard Hugo Castro reveals his playful and sometimes critical approach to earth, his body—especially his hands—and showcases the interactions of these elements in his Instagram gallery. One could say he also uses his art for self-therapeutic purposes, evoking an incredibly deep emotional response in the viewer through his visual language. A genius in his field!
Legos, toys, stickers, cookies – these are the elements Wandson Lisboa uses to transform the real world into a wacky trip with funny characters. The artist meticulously maintains his minimalist and conceptual style in his photographs.
BeliLaBelle considers herself part of the art movement of Poetic Realism and regularly sends her imagination on journeys, as she herself says. However, she is also a little worried that it might not return to her. In these moments, she feels the need to lock it away.
Her followers and fans are always delighted when this artist's imagination is free, because that's when her photography breaks the boundaries of reality.
It is a virtually impossible undertaking to penetrate this woman's inner world. However, with her paintings, she creates a gateway for her viewers, allowing them to glimpse how fantasy, nostalgia, and reality blend into a new whole, giving rise to unusual and simultaneously exciting scenes.
This artist's photographs are so magnificent, playful, full of joie de vivre and humor, that the stories they tell seem so vivid and practically leap off the page. Her prose accompanies the images.
Pastel colors dominate her photographs, creating a certain softness in the visual language. This may well be an expression of her own emotional world.
A flood of colors. That's this artist's guiding principle, which she brings to life creatively using a variety of everyday objects. The background is usually a white surface, and the arrangement of the diverse, colorful elements makes viewing her work truly enjoyable and exciting. Whether it's a simple leaf or a donut that crosses her path, it's immediately incorporated into her next artwork.
Ibrahim Hammada, a Syrian currently living in Germany, works full-time as a doctor. However, in his free time, his passion for creative pursuits comes to the fore. Besides cooking, his main passions are art, design, and photography.
On his Instagram profile, he shares his diverse and playful works with us, opening up a new, exciting perspective on seemingly ordinary things.
With his work, the Portuguese artist Daniel Cerejo opens up a universe that plays with perspectives and has no qualms about portraying popular characters from our favorite stories and films in their adventures off the beaten track.
Photography – Landscape, People, Travel and Outdoors
20. People of New York
Brandon Stanton roams the streets of the metropolis of New York with his camera, capturing unique scenes and moments from everyday street life, the details of which are likely to surprise even seasoned New Yorkers. The photographer allows the viewer to approach the city and its people in a completely new and fascinating way.
New Yorker Jacob Santiago creates breathtakingly vibrant images of New York City, focusing on the metropolis's architecture and streets. I'm sure you've never seen the city that never sleeps like this before.
Carin Olsson moved to the capital of love a few months ago and has since been documenting every aspect of her life with her camera lens. From the culinary specialties of the French to the Eiffel Tower, bathed in soft light.
If you can't make it to this wonderful city yourself, then this artist will whisk you away there within minutes.
Paris-based photographer Hannibal Renberg captures life on the streets of the French capital in his photographic explorations. Most of his work is done entirely in black and white, creating an iconic view of Paris through this reduction of color.
Murad Osmann, a music video producer living in Moscow, owes his fame online primarily to his creative photographic work on Instagram, which is characterized by the fact that his girlfriend is leading him by the hand.
Willie Kessel brings the beach lifestyle directly to our smartphones. Impressive surfer and beach photos are the hallmark of this photographer, transporting us far away from our everyday office and work life.
Nick Ulivieri is an exceptionally talented photographer who simply loves capturing the "Windy City" of Chicago and the sky above it. His photographs taken during storms and thunderstorms are particularly impressive.
His paintings show us the beauty and violence of the natural forces that surround us.
Adventurers and outdoor enthusiasts are certainly familiar with GoPro. For several years now, this brand has stood for reliable recordings even under extreme conditions.
On this action camera manufacturer's Instagram profile, fans and users share their best and most exciting GoPro footage. They unleash their creativity and have brought together an incredible variety of breathtaking images.
Vin Farrell is a creative person through and through. During regular office hours, he works at an agency for well-known clients. After work, he dedicates himself entirely to his second great passion – photography.
Using his iPhone, he takes truly amazing aerial photographs of New York City and many other interesting places around the world.
Junanto Herdiawan, a photographer and globetrotter living in Jakarta, Indonesia, documents his travels and adventures with his camera, possessing a distinctive style: he leaps into the air in front of the camera in such a way that the images make it seem as if he is flying a meter above the ground. This has earned him the nickname "The Flying Traveler".
Owner and Managing Director of Kunstplaza . Publicist, editor, and passionate blogger in the fields of art, design, and creativity since 2011. Graduated with a degree in web design from university (2008). Further developed creative techniques through courses in freehand drawing, expressive painting, and theatre/acting. Profound knowledge of the art market gained through years of journalistic research and numerous collaborations with key players and institutions in the arts and culture sector.
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