A photo of Pyongyang in 2011. Getty Images Access to Instagram in North Korea has reportedly been blocked since earlier this summer. But there's nothing stopping visitors from uploading their photos to the photo-sharing platform after they leave the country.

That's exactly what photographer Taylor Pemberton did, and photos from his trip are now visible on his Instagram account.

In his Instagram bio, Pemberton describes himself as a photographer on a backpacking trip. Right now, he's in Vietnam.

He spent four days in North Korea on a tourist visa earlier this month, though, according to the Huffington Post. The Minnesotan was free to take photos, but was occasionally instructed not to, he wrote in photo captions.

Read on to see the incredible images.