num_pages: 300
description: Featuring photographs that have been banned from Instagram this generously illustrated book explores modern censorship. Instagrams user guidelines prohibit posting violent nude partially nude discriminatory unlawful infringing hateful pornographic or sexually suggestive photos. Unsurprisingly these policies have been a source of tension and debate for many creatives who use the social media platform as a means of self-expression. Having received many takedown notices themselves artists Arvida Bystrm and Molly Soda put out an open call asking avid Instagrammers to submit their own censored images. The result is this collection of pictures from well-known and emerging IG users including Petra Collins Rupi Kaur Amalia Ulman Lina Scheynius Harley Weir and dozens more. The book features a wide range of subject matter from body image and sexual relationships to menstruation and nude selfies. Pushing the boundaries of social media guidelines and social mores this book reveals a fascinating picture of 21st century societys complex views on the image of the human body and censorship.
language: English
title: Pics or It Didn't Happen: Images Banned From Instagram
publisher: Prestel