Instagram is celebrating its 10th birthday, which has got us thinking...Who remembers the first photo they posted? Cast your mind back 10 years ago - if, in fact, you downloaded the photo sharing app when it first launched in October 2010 - or even better scroll right down. We think you’ll find that a decade ago, before super whizz camera phones and the preference for #nofilter, feeds looked a lot less - how should we put this? - curated. You couldn’t do a two-second scroll without seeing filters and borders everywhere, and people’s captions weren’t peppered with hashtags and emojis. As bloggers gradually turned into what we now call influencers, they started flocking to the photo sharing app, with most joining in late 2011. From Susie Lau to Bryan Boy, here’s what they decided to post first.
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1 of 10Tiffany Hsu
MyTheresa's fashion buying director, Tiffany Hsu, first posted in October 2012, with a street-style shot that racked up 171 likes.
2 of 10Susie Lau
Style Bubble was the first must-read fashion blog. So much so that its founder, Susie Lau, is still more commonly known as 'Susie Bubble'. Her first post, 435 weeks ago now, was of mango sticky rice.
3 of 10Veronika Heilbrunner
People don't tend to use filters nowadays, preferring the natural #nofilter vibe, but back in 2011, they and boarders were all the rage.
4 of 10Bryan Boy
For his second ever post in May 2012, Bryan Boy encapsulated the intensity of the new social media craze: 'Testing. People have been hounding me re instagram.'
5 of 10Shiona Turini
Shiona Turini, stylist and costume designer, chose some safe bet content for her inaugural post in August 2011: shoes.
6 of 10Eva Chen
Instagram's head of partnerships, Eva Chen, certainly knows her way around the app. Rewind to 2011, and one of her first posts was a skincare/make-up haul - she was still working in the beauty department at Lucky - and a few years later she coined the now-famous #evachenpose.
7 of 10Tamu McPherson
Photographer Tamu McPherson posted an arty foot photo (yes, it's a thing) for her first post in June 2011.
8 of 10Erika Boldrin
Of influencer cohort in Italy, Erika Boldrin was one of the first to join Instagram, posting a sweet shot of heart-shaped soaps in July 2011.
9 of 10Pernille Teisbaek
The Danish super-influencer, Pernille Teisbaek, joined in 2012. Her first few shots were dedicated to her favourite things, a special juice and these tusk earrings from Malene Juhl Jørgensen.
10 of 10Gilda Ambrosio
For her first post, circa 2011, Gilda Ambrosio posed with her grandmother.