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#unitedbyedit Eye’em Showcase Once a week we will spotlight Artists work that we find in the Eye’em UnitedbyEdit folder to share with our Mobile Arts Community. This week we are highlighting the work of @Anon. If you are on Eye’em make sure to put your work into the UnitedByEdit folder for your chance at a spotlight! United by Edit thanks you all of your for the support. Continue to tag your shots to the above tag and don’t let anyone tell you what to do! #unitedbyedit_eyeem_showcase
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#unitedbyedit Eye’em Showcase

Once a week we will spotlight Artists work that we find in the Eye’em UnitedbyEdit folder to share with our Mobile Arts Community. This week we are highlighting the work of @Anon. If you are on Eye’em make sure to put your work into the UnitedByEdit folder for your chance at a spotlight!

United by Edit thanks you all of your for the support. Continue to tag your shots to the above tag and don’t let anyone tell you what to do!

#unitedbyedit_eyeem_showcase

#unitedbyedit Eye’em Showcase Once a week we will spotlight Artists work that we find in the Eye’em UnitedbyEdit folder to share with our Mobile Arts Community. This weeks we are highlighting the work of @photoeng. If you are on Eye’em make sure to put your work into the UnitedByEdit folder for your chance at a spotlight! United by Edit thanks you all of your for the support. Continue to tag your shots to the above tag and don’t let anyone tell you what to do! #unitedbyedit_eyeem_showcase (at UBE Eye’em Spotlight)
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#unitedbyedit Eye’em Showcase

Once a week we will spotlight Artists work that we find in the Eye’em UnitedbyEdit folder to share with our Mobile Arts Community. This weeks we are highlighting the work of @photoeng. If you are on Eye’em make sure to put your work into the UnitedByEdit folder for your chance at a spotlight!

United by Edit thanks you all of your for the support. Continue to tag your shots to the above tag and don’t let anyone tell you what to do!

#unitedbyedit_eyeem_showcase (at UBE Eye’em Spotlight)

#UNITEDBYEDIT Showcase All of these great artists that have been chose have work that goes beyond these great edits. Please visit their feeds and show them some love, like and comment! United by Edit thanks you all of your for the support. Continue to tag your shots to the above tag and don’t let anyone tell you what to do! See Below for featured Artists ————————————————————————— ↖@roseknows ↗@lopez689 ↘@nicko_niv ↙@dailyrorschach (at UBE Spotlight)
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#UNITEDBYEDIT Showcase


All of these great artists that have been chose have work that goes beyond these great edits. Please visit their feeds and show them some love, like and comment! United by Edit thanks you all of your for the support. Continue to tag your shots to the above tag and don’t let anyone tell you what to do!

See Below for featured Artists
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↖@roseknows
↗@lopez689
↘@nicko_niv
↙@dailyrorschach (at UBE Spotlight)

Hello Adrian, Thanks for this opportunity to get to know a little more about you and your app “Backspaces” . Having just started using it, I like what I see so far! So let’s take a more in-depth look at how Backspaces came to be… (at an Interview with the Co-Founder of Backspaces)
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Hello Adrian,
Thanks for this opportunity to get to know a little more about you and your app “Backspaces” . Having just started using it, I like what I see so far! So let’s take a more in-depth look at how Backspaces came to be… (at an Interview with the Co-Founder of Backspaces)

Hello Adrian, Thanks for this opportunity to get to know a little more about you and your app “Backspaces” . Having just started using it, I like what I see so far! So let’s take a more in-depth look at how Backspaces came to be… 1. what gave you the inspiration to build Backspaces? Backspaces came from two things. The first was a simple mapping app that Dmitri made over a weekend. He would snap photos and the app would plot them on a map. At the time, I was thinking a lot about the problems with social media, and more importantly, the digital content that people create. I felt like there was a space for more breathing room on the web for people’s content. Narrative seemed like a good place to start. When I saw Dmitri’s app, I could see that this was it. In a dead simple way, you could quickly create and share your day with someone. That’s how it got started. 2. what were you doing before you created the app? Dmitri and I were working on a different idea involving nonprofits that never really panned out. But it did give us time to learn to work together and now we have a great synergy. 3. approximately how many users are already on the app? We have 50,000 users to date. 4. Why should someone who is using IG, look into your app? We created Backspaces for storytellers - but also to prove that everyone has a story to tell. IG lets you quickly share something, and that’s cool, but when you want to really express a thought or reflect on some events or emotions you’ve captured, Backspaces can help you tell that story. 5. You seem to be very focused on reaching out to the community. What is your pledge to the user. How will you make sure you are giving us the best possible platform to use? We really believe that community is everything. I tell everyone that we don’t have all the answers but that we can definitely find them with help from the community. The reality is that you can build a great business while still aligning your growth with the creators. YouTube has done a great job of this. Our pledge to users is this: your content, your value, your benefit. We’re determined to build a platform where everyone benefits. 6. what are some of the major differences with Backspaces compared to the slew of other photo sharing apps? We are by and large a storytelling platform first, a photo sharing app second. We want to help people tell stories and we think photos and text is the very best way to do that. 7. What are some exciting things you are working on improving about your app? SO MUCH STUFF! We’re working to make hashtags more community oriented, making it easier to create stories, lotsa bug fixes, updating the comments, playing with new formats for creation, updating our own filters, adding stuff for web (you can login to http://backspac.es to read, comment, like and search already!). 8. where do you see yourself as well as Backspaces heading in the coming year? We’re going to be the place to tell the world’s stories. And we’re going to prove that everyone has great stories to tell. 9. Any last words you would like to tell the reader? We’re just thrilled and honored to have people in our community. Sometimes you use an app and you feel so far away from the developers behind it and it feels soulless. We love making stories, and we love reading them everyday. Literally everyday we’re looking at stuff and amazed at the things people share. It has made the world feel like a smaller more connected place for me. So thank you to everyone who’s given it a go ;)
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Hello Adrian,
Thanks for this opportunity to get to know a little more about you and your app “Backspaces” . Having just started using it, I like what I see so far! So let’s take a more in-depth look at how Backspaces came to be…

1. what gave you the inspiration to build Backspaces?

Backspaces came from two things. The first was a simple mapping app that Dmitri made over a weekend. He would snap photos and the app would plot them on a map. At the time, I was thinking a lot about the problems with social media, and more importantly, the digital content that people create. I felt like there was a space for more breathing room on the web for people’s content. Narrative seemed like a good place to start. When I saw Dmitri’s app, I could see that this was it. In a dead simple way, you could quickly create and share your day with someone. That’s how it got started.

2. what were you doing before you created the app?

Dmitri and I were working on a different idea involving nonprofits that never really panned out. But it did give us time to learn to work together and now we have a great synergy.

3. approximately how many users are already on the app?

We have 50,000 users to date.

4. Why should someone who is using IG, look into your app?


We created Backspaces for storytellers - but also to prove that everyone has a story to tell. IG lets you quickly share something, and that’s cool, but when you want to really express a thought or reflect on some events or emotions you’ve captured, Backspaces can help you tell that story.

5. You seem to be very focused on reaching out to the community. What is your pledge to the user. How will you make sure you are giving us the best possible platform to use?

We really believe that community is everything. I tell everyone that we don’t have all the answers but that we can definitely find them with help from the community. The reality is that you can build a great business while still aligning your growth with the creators. YouTube has done a great job of this. Our pledge to users is this: your content, your value, your benefit. We’re determined to build a platform where everyone benefits.

6. what are some of the major differences with Backspaces compared to the slew of other photo sharing apps?


We are by and large a storytelling platform first, a photo sharing app second. We want to help people tell stories and we think photos and text is the very best way to do that.

7. What are some exciting things you are working on improving about your app?


SO MUCH STUFF! We’re working to make hashtags more community oriented, making it easier to create stories, lotsa bug fixes, updating the comments, playing with new formats for creation, updating our own filters, adding stuff for web (you can login to http://backspac.es to read, comment, like and search already!).

8. where do you see yourself as well as Backspaces heading in the coming year?


We’re going to be the place to tell the world’s stories. And we’re going to prove that everyone has great stories to tell.

9. Any last words you would like to tell the reader?

We’re just thrilled and honored to have people in our community. Sometimes you use an app and you feel so far away from the developers behind it and it feels soulless. We love making stories, and we love reading them everyday. Literally everyday we’re looking at stuff and amazed at the things people share. It has made the world feel like a smaller more connected place for me. So thank you to everyone who’s given it a go ;)

#unitedbyedit has retooled and is back in business! We are excited to announce that we will be moderating on multiple platforms including: IG, Flickr, EyeEm, Starmatic, Streamzoo, Tadaa, as well as using Backspaces for a step-by-step tutorial platform! With the help of some new faces, we will be highlighting artists on cross-platforms. That way YOU the user can decide which app to use while still keeping in touch with fellow artists on other platforms! In addition to @jflex and @wstairs , we are excited to announce the following NEW moderators! @midlife_madness , @blaquira , @xxcjrxx , @eastonroc , @colecokid , @postaljeff , @tiffany916 , @swade77 , and @candia_ … together we will be bringing the goodies on all of these great platforms! … So it is only fitting that we start with a new “COLLAB” challenge! Partner up with a friend, or two or three, and submit your collab edits to »> #ube_collab … Contest starts now and runs through Saturday, January 19th. There are no limits to entries, we only ask that they are NEW edits! We will be posting highlights on cross-platforms, so you may submit your edits to any of the above mentioned apps. Please take a moment to welcome the new staff and good luck to all!
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#unitedbyedit has retooled and is back in business! We are excited to announce that we will be moderating on multiple platforms including: IG, Flickr, EyeEm, Starmatic, Streamzoo, Tadaa, as well as using Backspaces for a step-by-step tutorial platform! With the help of some new faces, we will be highlighting artists on cross-platforms. That way YOU the user can decide which app to use while still keeping in touch with fellow artists on other platforms! In addition to @jflex and @wstairs , we are excited to announce the following NEW moderators! @midlife_madness , @blaquira , @xxcjrxx , @eastonroc , @colecokid , @postaljeff , @tiffany916 , @swade77 , and @candia_ … together we will be bringing the goodies on all of these great platforms! … So it is only fitting that we start with a new “COLLAB” challenge! Partner up with a friend, or two or three, and submit your collab edits to »> #ube_collab … Contest starts now and runs through Saturday, January 19th. There are no limits to entries, we only ask that they are NEW edits! We will be posting highlights on cross-platforms, so you may submit your edits to any of the above mentioned apps. Please take a moment to welcome the new staff and good luck to all!

An interview with @alainvincent on Instagram. 1. Tell us a little about who you are, what would you like the world to know about you? My name is Alain Vincent, and I post daily on Instagram. I would love to reach an audience as wide as possible. Every picture has a story to tell and I wish that when people look at my feed, that they view it as if each posting was a page of a book. 2. What are your favorite apps to use when editing? Why? The only app I use is Procreate for Ipad because it gives me the freedom that I need as a painter to treat the photo as if it were a drawing or painting. For me, the frontier between photo, painting and drawing has become very blurred. 3. What is your favorite subject to shoot/edit? Definitely the human subject whether in action or at rest… even when he/she is absent from my shoot. The presence of the human experience is fundamental to the work. 4. How has Instagram changed you? The immediacy of the distribution and the feedback process is unparalled. It forces an artist to diversify and re-invent himself/herself constantly while maintaining a solid base or signature that gives identity to the work. 5. What advice can you give to someone who wants to “Explore” with editing their photos/art? Work everyday and post everyday. The work will find its voice and direction.
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An interview with @alainvincent on Instagram.

1. Tell us a little about who you are, what would you like the world to know about you?

My name is Alain Vincent, and I post daily on Instagram. I would love to reach an audience as wide as possible. Every picture has a story to tell and I wish that when people look at my feed, that they view it as if each posting was a page of a book.

2. What are your favorite apps to use when editing? Why?

The only app I use is Procreate for Ipad because it gives me the freedom that I need as a painter to treat the photo as if it were a drawing or painting. For me, the frontier between photo, painting and drawing has become very blurred.

3. What is your favorite subject to shoot/edit?

Definitely the human subject whether in action or at rest… even when he/she is absent from my shoot. The presence of the human experience is fundamental to the work.

4. How has Instagram changed you?

The immediacy of the distribution and the feedback process is unparalled. It forces an artist to diversify and re-invent himself/herself constantly while maintaining a solid base or signature that gives identity to the work.

5. What advice can you give to someone who wants to “Explore” with editing their photos/art?

Work everyday and post everyday. The work will find its voice and direction.

#unitedbyedit 💢Daily Forum💢 This weeks forum is….”Pimp my Pic”!! Click ob this pic and when it opens in a new page hold down on the pic to save to your camera roll! Then edit it as much or as little as you want!!! As always this is open to your interpretation, go crazy and create as many as you wish😄!! Presented by Wayman @wstairs 💢New Edits Please💢 - tag your edits to »> #ube_tue, as well as the usual #unitedbyedit. - Highlights of today’s forum will be posted next week on Tuesday. This gives EVERYBODY a chance to create an edit on their own time and not feel rushed. 💢👊💢
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#unitedbyedit 💢Daily Forum💢 This weeks forum is….”Pimp my Pic”!! Click ob this pic and when it opens in a new page hold down on the pic to save to your camera roll! Then edit it as much or as little as you want!!! As always this is open to your interpretation, go crazy and create as many as you wish😄!! Presented by Wayman @wstairs 💢New Edits Please💢

- tag your edits to »> #ube_tue, as well as the usual #unitedbyedit.
- Highlights of today’s forum will be posted next week on Tuesday. This gives EVERYBODY a chance to create an edit on their own time and not feel rushed. 💢👊💢

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