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Instagram quits being square: Users can now post horizontal, vertical photos
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Aug 31, 2015
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Instagram quits being square: Users can now post horizontal, vertical photos
Instagram decided to change things up last week, announcing they are finally allowing users to post horizontal and vertical images online.
The planes from LAX that flew overhead today while on assignment at The Forum.
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Instagram decided to change things up last week, announcing they are finally allowing users to post horizontal and vertical images online.

Thanks to apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic, the square-shaped photo has had a renaissance over the last five years or so. That's because these apps demanded people use the format on on their platforms.

But late last week, Instagram decided to change things up. They are finally allowing users to post horizontal and vertical images online -- which is a big deal, considering users upload more than 70 million photos per day to the app.

, KPCC's photo video journalist, and avid Instagram user, says the idea of Instagram and Hipstamatic's square photos are the modern-day version of the instant Polaroid.

While going from strictly square to vertical and horizontal won't make a huge difference to photographers, Sugarman says it's more of a philosophical matter.

"We're seeing the rise of the vertical photo and vertical video, especially with apps like Snapchat and Periscope," she said.

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