380
billion photos taken per year globally:
UAE posts largest number of photos in
Instagramers Gallery among Arab countries, as 78% own smartphones against
global average of 42%
34 % of UAE smartphone users access
social networking sites using smartphones
Dubai, UAE, 20 January 2014: Since the birth of the first
photograph in 1826, more than 3.5 trillion photos were created in the world.
Images are currently being taken at the rate of 380 billion per year. At this
rate, it will take the world 9.2 years to double the amount of the photos to
more than 7 trillion.
This was highlighted by Phil Gonzalez, Co-founder of
Instagramers Gallery, the world’s largest online photo gallery, on which the
UAE figures as No. 1 among Arab countries using the leading photo platform.
Other Arab counties on the list in descending order are Saudi Arabia (second
rank), Kuwait (third rank), Lebanon (fourth rank), Morocco (fifth rank) and
Egypt (sixth rank). Other Arab countries active on the platform aswell are Qatar,
Bahrain, Syria, Yemen, Algeria, Tunisia, Oman, Iraq, Libya and Sudan.
He added: “Analogue photos are less than 4 Billion among
the 380 Billion photos taken around the world
in 2011. At the start of the 21st century, analogue photos were 86
billion, declining to 4 billion and likely to reduce further in coming years.”
Instagramers Gallery, regarded a revolution in social
media networks, expects further demand from the UAE as smartphone ownership has
outstripped the global average by 30 per cent, according to a recent survey by
research consultancy TNS Global.
Jorge MartÃnez, Co-founder of Instagramers Gallery added:
“According to the study, around 78 per cent of UAE population owns a
smartphone, compared to the global average of 42 per cent. Also, nearly 40 per
cent of UAE consumers either own or are looking to own a tablet. Furthermore,
34 per cent use their smartphones to access social networking sites. All this
will fuel social media photography further in the UAE.”
Instagramers Gallery is a virtual photo gallery, based on
a massive photography platform, which enables users to share their photographs
with the world via www.instagramersgallery.com.
Sparked in Miami, US, and launched worldwide including
the Arab world, The Instagramers Gallery is a leading online platform that
promotes photography in the Instagram format.
MartÃnez said: “Instagramers Gallery is a great tool for
people to showcase their world. Most of the photos being posted on the photo
platform from the UAE are mostly of the categories of People, Travels, Art,
Beauty, Family, Landscape and Love.
A series of prizes are offered for those who participate
in the Instagramers Gallery. The ‘Photo-Day Prize’ is picked daily by
participants. The total value of prizes offered by Instagramers Gallery will
reach $100,000, making the ‘Instagramers Photo Prize’ the largest photography
prize ever awarded via social media.
For more information on Instagramers Gallery and the
Instagramers Gallery Photo-Prize, please visit: www.instagramersgallery.com.
