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Chasing Dreams with Chris de Bode

To see more of Chris’ work, follow @chrisdebode on Instagram.

Chris de Bode (@chrisdebode) has spent the past six years with his #EyesOn the dreams of children in a dozen countries and counting, from Afghanistan and India to Mexico, Mozambique and beyond. Working on his “I Have a Dream” project, a long-term assignment for Save the Children Nederland, Chris has photographed countless children and has been struck by one common thread. “We all have dreams,” says the photographer and filmmaker from Amsterdam. “But some of us can dream bigger than others. Some of the children I met did not spend their days fantasizing. Those children were busy surviving.” It’s no accident, meanwhile, that the project’s title echoes Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech. “His words are saved in our collective memory,” Chris points out. As for his own dreams, Chris voices a hope that’s both lofty and humble: “When you understand a person from a personal point of view and understand the context in which they live, it is much easier to connect with them. And that is my goal — to make people more sensitive to the world around them.”

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Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPdisguise

Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes and hashtags. For a chance to be featured, follow @instagram and look for a post every week announcing the latest project.

The goal of #WHPdisguise was to get creative with the concept of disguise. Each week, we feature some of our favorite submissions from the project, but be sure to check out the rest here.

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Celebrating Lunar New Year with Miniature Artist Jocelyn Teo Ai Wei

To see how the Instagram community is celebrating the holiday, check out #LunarNewYear.

Jocelyn Teo Ai Wei (@aiclay) just baked pineapple tarts for #LunarNewYear. Now, she’ll re-create the tasty treats with her signature tiny replicas. “I think the obsession with food is universal,” says the Singapore-based food sculptor who started crafting with polymer clay in 2009. “People are naturally drawn to things outside of the usual scale, larger or smaller than life.” Her creations have become so popular that Jocelyn’s fans are eager to make them, too. She recently hosted two Lunar New Year workshops where participants created their own pineapple tarts, mandarin oranges and a layered cake called kueh lapis, all festive Lunar New Year goodies.

For Jocelyn, the holiday marks a time to take a break from the studio: “My favorite part is meeting up with my family, cousins, aunts and all. It’s the time of year when everyone puts aside their work and the festive mood is just tingling in the air.”

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Weekend Hashtag Project: #WHPdisguise

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 every week announcing the latest project.

The goal this weekend is to make photos and videos that get creative with the concept of disguise. Here’s how to get started: Think of the ways your subjects can be camouflaged: mimicking the shape of a building, dressed in the pattern of the wallpaper behind them or matching the color scheme of their environment. Get playful with props and disguise everyday objects as a whimsical creature with homemade costumes. If your subject is well concealed, consider using Boomerang or video to reveal someone hiding in plain sight (like a friend peeking out behind a forest tree).

PROJECT RULES: Please add the #WHPdisguise hashtag only to photos and videos taken over this weekend and only submit your own visuals to the project. If you include music in your video submissions, please only use music to which you own the rights. Any tagged photo or video taken over the weekend is eligible to be featured next week.

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Old Knots Do New Tricks with Full Time Crafter Michelle Harvey

This feature is part of #MadeToCreate, a series highlighting our community of entrepreneurs, makers and artisans on Instagram.

“I want people’s first reaction to be wonder,” says self-employed crafter Michelle Harvey (@crayonchick). “My work is based on nautical knots that have been used for centuries for practical and decorative purposes. I pay a stupid amount of time on details.” Crafting began as an escape from her day job; now, Michelle works full time from her Melbourne, Australia, home — keeping her cat and computer for company. “Instagram is my connection to like-minded communities and distant friends and a total source of visual delight and enthusiasm right at my fingertips,” she says.

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Capturing Beauty in the Banal with Street Photographer Gustavo Pereira Gomes

Discover more stories from Brazil on @instagrambrasil.

Street photographer Gustavo Pereira Gomes (@gustavominas) never gets bored. “Wherever I go, I keep an eye on the details,” says the 34-year-old from Minas Gerais, Brazil, who manages to find beauty in the banal. Whether in the small municipality of Cássia where he was born or in a metropolis like São Paulo, he wanders for inspiration. “I go out walking early in the morning or in the late afternoon, when the light is good, without any definite course in mind,” he says. “But I always have a camera with me.”

Through Gustavo’s lens, chance gains the contours of modern poetry through light, shadow and color. It is rare he returns without strong images: a silhouette reflected in a stained-glass window, a driver sleeping at the wheel, a passionate kiss, the hustle and bustle of a bus station — his windows into the passage of time.

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The Byron Bay Dinner Parties Where Generosity Pays

To see more of Wanda’s photography, follow @wandertrail_ on Instagram.

No money trades hands at Wanda Chin’s (@wandertrail_) pop-up dinners. Instead, generosity is the currency; up to 15 attendees pay for their meal with gifts. “It’s a pay-it-forward-with-kindness type dinner,” says the 27-year-old Byron Bay, Australia, food photographer who announces her events using #aroundthatwandertrail. “To secure a seat in one of our events, they will need to contribute something to the next dinner: fresh produce, beautiful wine, killer venue, top-notch styling services.” Wanda then shares those gifts in her next gathering, with themes ranging from Spanish cuisine to desserts-only and venues that include warehouses, farms and private homes.

Her reciprocal dining idea is all about tapping into Australians’ hospitable nature. “We started these dinner parties because we wanted to share our love for hosting, entertaining and food,” she says. “Plus, we love to encourage people to bring the inherent kindness and generosity out of themselves. Idealistic? Maybe. But it’s inside everyone.”

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Liz Kellerer Trains with a Connection to the Earth

Discover more stories from the German-speaking community on @instagramde.

Ever since she was 11 years old, Liz Kellerer (@lizkefotografie) has been passionate about running and swimming. Then, she added cycling to her list. Today, the university student from Bavaria, Germany, competes in triathlons, combining these three activities in a single event — and documenting her workouts along the way. She trains on lonely forest trails and steep mountain roads but she has a special connection to the water element of the competition. “I love ice-cold mountain lakes. I love fresh snow. I love storms and thunderstorms. I love the smell of rain, and I love it when the water in the swimming pool glistens in the sunlight,” she says.

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