With a Focus on Artists, the Platform Cooperative Stocksy Is Redefining Stock Photography

Summary

How do photographers generally define stock photos? “Posed and generic,” says self-employed photographer Diane Villadsen, based in San Francisco, California. “Boring and clichéd,” says part-time photographer Hayden Williams based in Seattle, Washington. “It’s a matter of quantity over quality, and… too many copies of the same thing. I never thought I’d actually be doing it.” Stocksy is effectively destroying