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I Sold My Family Photos as Agency Stock Images
"I ended up with three kids under 3, and it can get hellishly boring – photography became my creative outlet."
Inside Offset, Shutterstock's Surreal, Millennial-Targeted Stock Image Brand
Offset is a high-end photo market created by Shutterstock. Featuring "curated" collections filled bearded men, microbreweries, and series titles like "Stache," the stock photo imprint may be even cheesier than Shutterstock itself.
What Is with These Cat Castration Stock Photos: An Investigation
When we came across stock photos of "tomcat castration" we were intrigued. We asked the mind behind the arresting images for some clarification. (Warning: contains graphic photos.)
The King of the Jungle Gets His Medal
Czech artist Murat Sayginer strikes another surreal chord with 72 photo collages of animals.
8 Techniques to Make You a Better Smartphone Photographer
Richard Schabetsberger teaches you how to take your cell-phone snapshot game to the next level.
13 Mind-Bending Thoughts About Photography
"Before photography, nobody knew what they looked like with their eyes closed."
10,000 Amazing Film Clips Available for Free in a Public Domain Database
An inside look at the royalty-free video marketplace Pond5's 80,000 public domain videos, images, and more—available to artists for free—on the Public Domain Project.
The Creator of 'Marcel the Shell' Is Making Deceptively Ordinary Wall Posters
One of them says, "Food? Yes!"
Stock Photos Are Like Time Capsules for Retro Tech
Technological obsolescence is how you end up with anachronistic pictures of floppy disks featuring the bitcoin symbol.
Changing Society, One Terrible Stock Photo at a Time
The images plastering the web can subconsciously tell us what to think.