Gallery: The White House's Photog Picks His Top 5 Instagrammers

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    <a href="https://instagram.com/p/8S22kaNNBu/?taken-by=petesouza">Pete Souza</a>
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    "I follow a little more than 200 Instagram accounts and I like them all. Rather than list [National Geographic](https://instagram.com/natgeo/)—which is well known and has the best Instagram account—I’m instead listing five individual accounts that are ones that I especially look forward to seeing." - Pete Souza, Chief Official White House Photographer
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    <a href="https://instagram.com/p/8Tp0y3N8Dj/?taken-by=bmangin">Brad Mangin</a>
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    "Brad is a baseball photographer in San Francisco and posts only (masterful) iPhone photos on his account. He was instrumental in convincing me to open an Instagram account of my White House work."
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    <a href="https://instagram.com/p/8dukLggwxX/?taken-by=dguttenfelder">David Guttenfelder</a>/<a href="https://instagram.com/natgeocreative/">National Geographic Creative</a>
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    "David is a freelance photographer whom I’ve never met. He is just a superb photographer who really knows how to make great, great photographs with his iPhone. I love his recent coverage of Yellowstone National Park."
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    <a href="https://instagram.com/p/8atj9gJHDU/?taken-by=brandicarlile">Brandi Carlile</a>
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    "Brandi is a singer-songwriter from Seattle who happens to front one of the most underrated bands working today. (She and the band played a set at my wedding two years ago.) She posts a lot of great concert photos as well as behind-the-scene photos of her traveling crew. Shout-out to Hanna Hanseroth for taking most of these photos."
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    <a href="https://instagram.com/p/7qaxc6qRIj/?taken-by=landonnordeman">Landon Nordeman</a> for <a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/">The Cut/New York Magazine</a>
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    "I’ve only met Landon a couple of times but he has developed a unique style of fashion photography that is always full of surprises."
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    <a href="https://instagram.com/p/8V54qZlsEr/?taken-by=paulnicklen">Paul Nicklen</a>/<a href="https://instagram.com/natgeocreative/">National Geographic Creative</a>
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    "Let’s face it, Paul (whom I’ve never met) might be the best photographer on Instagram. Although most of his nature and wildlife photographs are probably with a DSLR, I am always struck not just by the photographs themselves but knowing how difficult the circumstances must have been in capturing them."
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