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This is the most ridiculous backpedaling I’ve ever seen. Instagram tried a land grab on the content we’ve provided, and when they got caught, they told us we were “confused” in our interpretation of a VERY clear statement. Instagram, when it comes to my photo of a bunch of Hershey’s Baking Chocolate on my kitchen table, whether or not you own it is a moot point, if you can go to Hershey and make money off of advertising with my photo, while I’m toiling in a day job to feed myself because nobody wants to pay a photographer. You dig? So…we’re done. My eyes are open - there truly is no such thing as a free service, so I will just go with paid services that I can trust to not sneakily exploit my work. Goodbye.

instagram:

Yesterday we introduced a new version of our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service that will take effect in thirty days. These two documents help communicate as clearly as possible our relationship with the users of Instagram so you understand how your data will be used, and the rules that govern…

arnade:

(Prince)

For the twenty years I worked on Wall Street I subscribed to the Financial Times, one of my favorite papers.

Once a month the weekend edition comes with a large glossy supplement called “How to Spend It.” The target audience is those with so much excess that they can’t…

This is important. Pay attention to this guy, because he spends a lot of time in a part of America nobody wants to talk about, and he has some serious wisdom to drop on you.

arnade:

(Me)

I am a rich white guy who is going to vote for President Obama. Why?

I have recently lived two lives, during the day working on Wall Street and at night documenting New York’s poorest neighborhoods, mostly in the Bronx.

I get asked often, “What have you learned from your…