It’s been emulsional
Ian Howorth thinks his Instagram account is a bit of a mess. There are, however, around 150,000 people who disagree with him enough to follow his every move, and a very good number of those tune in to like his images within minutes of them being posted. In fact it was on the strength of the pictures he shows on his Instagram story that AP got in touch with him for this interview. He is modest about his online success and says that as much as he really does appreciate the followers, the likes and the messages, the number of followers he now has is not what drives him. ‘It’s a nice ego stroke whenever you need one,’ he tells us, ‘but I got over it when the follower numbers reached 50,000. Beyond that it just felt like “more” and doesn’t do me any extra favours. I am very grateful though. One of the great things about Instagram is that it keeps people shooting outside of project work and keeps you motivated to shoot all the time. Photography, like most things, is better when it is shared.’
Inspired by old movies
And Ian does seem to be shooting all the time, making pictures that mean something to him on an emotional and visual level, and that he hopes will mean something to us too.
Heavily influenced by the movie-watching habits
