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# This Is Now
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/this-is-now/
- Published: 2012-08-02T16:41:24.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:02:11.000Z
- Description: A new web tool visualises Instagram photos taken around the world.
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Technology, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:15, #author-change-2025-05-28

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/71/fc716215-5729-441a-bd07-e2b50bc413b1/content/images/S3/protein/3886/af5a924c-e9f0-4bd5-80b9-75afecb4217a.png)

Ever wondered what [Instagram](http://instagram.com/?ref=protein.xyz) photos are being taken around the world right this second? If so then wonder no more, because a new online project lets you do just this.

[This Is Now](http://now.jit.su/?ref=protein.xyz) collects the latest Instagram photos taken by people in New York, London, Sao Paulo, Tokyo and Sydney, and presents them in a constantly updating online stream. Just choose a city and get lost in the photos. Expect to see Olympic crowd action, cute cats, pouting teens, and lot and lots of plates of food.

Is it invasive? Maybe. Do the people who have taken the photos know they’re being published here? Probably not. But even so, it’s a fascinating glimpse into how people around the world are documenting their lives at the moment.