{"id":30203,"date":"2025-07-01T15:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/30203\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:41:09","slug":"alan-schaller-launches-social-media-network-for-photographers-called-irys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/30203\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Schaller Launches Social Media Network for Photographers Called Irys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Three<\/a>Screenshot taken from the Irys website. <\/p>\n

Photographer Alan Schaller has announced Irys, a new social media network geared toward photographers that has been set up as a response to big tech firms burying photos in their algorithms. <\/p>\n

Schaller is one of the most successful photographers on Instagram, boasting over one million followers. Back in 2023, Schaller told PetaPixel<\/a> that Instagram had been a gift to photography but admitted that Instagram has become much harder to grow on versus when he started out in 2015. <\/p>\n

Two years on, and social media feels more video-centric than ever before. \u201cI\u2019ve been speaking to a lot of different photographers from around the world, and I\u2019m hearing the same thing consistently,\u201d Schaller says in an Instagram post. \u201cPhotography isn\u2019t the same online anymore for us, communities are kind of dwindling \u2014 people feel like they\u2019re posting into the void.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Schaller says he started working on Irys two years ago, and photographers can sign up for the waiting list now via the website<\/a>. He says Irys will be more than just an app and will also be an agency that will represent photographers and work with galleries. Additionally, Schaller states that Irys will publish books and a photography-focused magazine. <\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like it\u2019s time that somebody in the industry stood up for the people in their sector,\u201d says Schaller. \u201cWe shouldn\u2019t leave it up for these tech people to decide just what we need.\u201d <\/p>\n

The announcement received a warm response from photographers who feel as if modern social media has deprioritized the still photo. \u201cThat\u2019s exciting Alan, please, no video at all,\u201d writes Victor Poinssot. \u201cI am so sick of these POV reels and I\u2019m afraid we need an algorithm.\u201d <\/p>\n

On the Irys website, it promises that there will be giant 50 megabyte uploads to \u201cmake your work sing.\u201d It also says there will be no ads and it won\u2019t sell data, so it\u2019s unclear what business model Irys will follow. <\/p>\n

Schaller says there will be limited spaces available for the initial sign-up and urges those interested to book a space now via the Irys website. <\/a><\/p>\n