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Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPabstract

Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes and hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a post announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.

This weekend’s prompt was #WHPabstract, which asked participants to make photographs of everyday objects or environments — and show them in unrecognizable or surprising ways. Every Monday we feature some of our favorite submissions from the project, but be sure to check out the rest here.

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Bringing a City to Life with @legojacker

To see more Legos come to life, follow @legojacker on Instagram.

Playtime isn’t just for kids. Since Kanesan Nathan (@legojacker) moved to Melbourne, Australia, three and a half years ago, he has been hijacking everyday situations with toys. “It’s about playing outside, in spaces not usually associated with play, and reimagining and reinterpreting the city,” he says. A scooter and a car were parked on an empty street, and Kanesan saw a stage for a tiny rabbit to cast its shadow. The street art precinct of Hosier Lane became a runway for a bright plastic road roller. Kanesan, who is a marketing professional by day, looks for these settings — “reflections, street art, rooftops and cityscapes” — and plays with perspective to make his Legos appear larger than life. He will use digital manipulation, but only when it’s necessary for a concept.

Kanesan also makes pictures to comment on issues like immigration and education. He says, “Lego can often evoke strong positive childhood memories, so to connect that to showing injustice around the world is a very powerful combination.” No matter what, he’s having fun.

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@muenchmax: Connecting Sweeping Landscapes Through a Melody of Line and Color

To see more of Max’s captivating landscape photography, follow @muenchmax on Instagram.

(This interview was conducted in German.)

A gentle melody echoes across the still, crisp landscapes of German photographer and pianist Maximilian Münch (@muenchmax) and, if you look and listen closely, you can almost hear it. In a gallery as carefully composed as a musical arrangement, the 23-year-old intentionally uses line and color to connect each spectacular vista: rock spurs point toward the horizon in an adjacent image, and treetops melt into a lake’s surface in another. Based in Berlin, but frequently traveling to European destinations and abroad, Max says, “With every picture I put down a small composition on paper, a new note that will somehow lead me to the next — wherever this may be.”

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 Some More from The Wonderful and Original  Bill Domonkos

Bill Domonkos is a filmmaker, GIF maker and stereoscopist. His work has been shown internationally in cinemas, film festivals, galleries and museums.

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Getting by with a little death from your friends

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Calm... #throwback

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Back in the days.. #throwback

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Those days are gone... #throwback

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View of the Sky bridge.. #throwback #langkawi #landscape

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Panorama shot of the cable car!! #vacation #langkawi

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First and most epic lighting pic I have ever encounter !! #lightning #epic #live

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Art is life... #throwback

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Buildings that glows.. #throwback

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Once upon a time... #throwback

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New year event... #throwback #cnydays

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First time seeing it for real besides being inside the menu !! #hersheys #chocolatepie #sundaepie #throwback

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Chinese New year.. #throwback #cny #chor3 #liondance #phail