2015-06-19T14:31:00Z
There's a trend on Instagram that has people pointing their cameras toward the ground.
Instagrammers are weirdly obsessed with taking pictures of their feet.
Searching for hashtags like #myfeet and #footphotography on Instagram will bring up thousands of people snapping pics of their toes to share with the world.
It might seem like a odd choice of subject, given that many people often have an aversion to feet.
However, the first Instagram picture ever postedfeatured a foot. Shared in 2010 by Instagram app creator Kevin Systrom, the picture includes a dog and the top of flip-flop-adorned foot.
The trend has grown steadily since that first image was shared five years ago. While some Instagrammers are still just snapping quick shots of bare feet, others have elevated their toes into an art form.
There are even entire accountsdevoted to sharing perfectly aligned and filtered pictures featuring feet.
Foot-loving account@fromwhereistandhas over 39,000 followers who tune in to see where people have been stepping each day. The hashtag #fromwhereistand is also popular, with over 1.5 million Instagrammers using it in their posts.
Some photographers even consider foot photography to be a form of self-portraiture.
"My feet are my transportation and taking photos as I walk helps me feel engaged with the world around me,"writes photographer Vivienne McMasterabout her passion for documenting her feet.
While the ground or floor the photographer is standing on often plays a important role, make no mistake about it: the feet are the star players in these images.
For example, @ihavethisthingwithfloorshas shared hundreds of pictures called "selfeets."
The foot trend has gone international. Instagram account @crossedfeet shares pictures of people posing their toes in front of famous landmarks and locations all around the world.
Not everyone is committed to sharing perfect foot photos, though. Some people are using Instagram to post photos of cracked, dry, or dirty feet — but thankfully, that trend hasn't quite caught on.
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