These Are the Analog Cameras That Inspired Instagram

A brief history of the iconic photography app

Credit: Photograph (left) courtesy of Gado Images’ camera library; Instagram (right).

The next time you fire up the Instagram app to post a masked selfie or a close-up of the food from your socially distanced car picnic, pause for a moment and take a look at the app’s logo. What do you see? The app’s logo is clearly a stylized camera.