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4 Instagram Handles We Really Like Right Now

Social distancing is the new normal. And these Instagram handles are getting creative with it

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Michael Runkel


A fisherman on Inle Lake wraps one leg around his oar, scanning the surface for bubbles. Michael Runkel captures this dying tradition, and other non-clich&eacutes from remote areas. Marvel at the mud mosques of Burkina Faso, or Saudis letting their hair down during the Al Janadriyah festival. 

Laurent Ch&eacuteh&egravere


Zany and dreamlike, Laurent Ch&eacuteh&egravere&rsquos Flying Houses punches storytelling, metaphors and the fantastical into old Parisian homes. Pushed out of anonymity, they sail across the sky&mdashbillowing chimneys, hanging legs, frayed clotheslines&mdashas if to float away from all their troubles. 

Abandoned Nordic


The silence of relief dances on the deserted manors, overrun gardens, and lone lighthouses of Abandoned Nordic. The account deftly portrays the beauty of emptiness and decay to present just one question are the forsaken always forlorn 

Antoine Bruy


Maria, an off-the-grid spaniard living in the Sierra Nevadas, as shot by Antoine Bruy&nbspfor Scrublands. Her settlement, Beneficio, is a &lsquorainbow gathering&rsquo that shuns consumerism for mountain springs, shared kitchens and communal living. 

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