Instagram and Storm Porn

A June storm seen from a Soundview roof, and through Instagram’s Valencia filter (Courtesy of Jairo Cuevas/New York magazine.)

It’s not exactly Polaroid-related, though it certainly talks about instant photography of a different kind. Here’s a story I wrote for this week’s New York magazine about an odd little cultural phenomenon: cameraphone snaps of ominous thunderclouds overhead, zinging their way around the Internet every time a storm threatens.