Osaka Instagrammer @hagi_hara began using Instagram nearly three years ago to shoot things in everyday life that caught his attention. He soon noticed that his photos had a similar aesthetic, capturing designs and patterns that came out of negligible places, such as a cover on a street gutter, cross section of a cabbage and creases on a folded umbrella. "Even before I started Instagram, I originally had an interest in different types of patterns like repetition, symmetry and contrast," he explains. "I love browsing the #texture and #pattern hashtags, and I also started using them on my own photos," he says. When @hagi_hara discovers an interesting pattern, he gets excited about sharing it with his followers. One of his favorite types of patterns is repetition, which he finds in things like a stack of chopsticks, a bird's feathers and a cover on a skylight. The images captured through @hagi_hara's phone can become confusingly beautiful. He adds, "When it is hard to figure out what the image is about, I like to write in a small hint of what it is in the caption." For more photos of patterns in everyday life, follow @hagi_hara
Photo by @hagi_hara