NATIONAL NEWS - South Africa has its own collection of “celebrity Instagrammers”. Skye Grove is among this group.
She has more than 40 000 followers on Instagram has also had her photographs featured in exhibitions and on television. Grove also sells her images online.
The Expresso Show, a popular daily morning show, featured Grove on 29 June 2015 on its Social Media Trend segment as “Someone to follow on Instagram”.
However, Memeburn was approached by a “concerned member” of the South African Instagram community, alleging that Grove has posted other people’s photographs on her Instagram feed, claiming them as her own, exhibiting them and even selling some of these.
The source also alleges that Grove was removed as a judge for the 2015 iPhoneography competition as a result of her plagiarism.
Also read: iStore iPhoneography competition now open
iPhoneography is an annual photography competition run by iStore which sees users submit photographs taken with any iPhone model. Participants stand a chance of winning prizes and also their images go into an exhibition hosted in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
The iPhoneography organisers did not divulge the reasons for Skye Grove’s dismissal as a judge. They did however confirm that she had been removed from the judging panel following a “mutual agreement” between the two parties.
The source also alleges that Grove was removed as a judge for the 2015 iPhoneography competition as a result of her plagiarism.
Also read: iStore iPhoneography competition now open
iPhoneography is an annual photography competition run by iStore which sees users submit photographs taken with any iPhone model. Participants stand a chance of winning prizes and also their images go into an exhibition hosted in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
The iPhoneography organisers did not divulge the reasons for Skye Grove’s dismissal as a judge. They did however confirm that she had been removed from the judging panel following a “mutual agreement” between the two parties.
