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Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPfromthewater

Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes and hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a post announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.

The goal this weekend is to capture moments that reflect upon our connection with water. Our project takes its inspiration from Balazs Gardi (@balazsgardi), a Hungarian photojournalist based in Oakland, California, who has spent the past decade photographing water-related stories around the world. His images include moments of celebration and times of crisis, depicting a precious resource in situations that range from abundance to scarcity. Balazs is also the founding editor of Azdarya, an online magazine about water.

“Water can be beautiful, or lethal, worshipped or abused,” explains Balazs, reflecting on the floods, droughts and moments of daily life that he records. “Throughout my career, I photographed conflicts ranging from tensions between rich and poor to full blown wars. I imagined that a substance — one without which, none of us could live — could become the ultimate source of conflict, so I started systematically photographing our relationship to water.” He explains his approach, saying, “instead of photographing water itself, I try to visualize how we all relate to it, how we interact with it every day and what it means to us.”

Balazs offers these tips:

• “If you don’t have a waterproof case, just use a few strips of gaffer’s tape to seal the speakers and other places where water could get in—and hold onto your phone tightly.”


• “To capture steady video I always carry a pocket sized tripod and a small flashlight in case the available light needs some help. Always be prepared to grab moments that never come back, but when you are in control, you think first and then shoot.”


• “Understanding the message you want your photo to convey is just as important as aesthetics. While following my instinct has helped me most of the time, it’s a good idea to question yourself, and to try new angles and approaches.”

PROJECT RULES: Please add the #WHPfromthewater hashtag only to photos and videos taken this weekend and only submit your own photographs and videos to the project. If you include music in your video submissions, please only use music to which you own the rights. Any tagged image or video taken this weekend is eligible to be featured Monday morning.

by via Instagram Blog