{"id":342708,"date":"2018-10-01T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightstalking.com\/?p=342708"},"modified":"2020-04-07T02:10:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T06:10:44","slug":"the-evolution-of-stock-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightstalking.com\/the-evolution-of-stock-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick History Lesson – The Evolution Of Stock Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"
Within the commercial world of photography, there is a myriad of different niches in which any photographer can develop their career, and stock photography is perhaps the easiest market to access. But it\u2019s also a very crowded place. Being aware of trends and being able to deliver unique and fresh work will always be the best card to play if you want to become a successful stock photographer.<\/p>\n
Basically, stock photography is a vast catalog of photographs with specific usage licenses for an array of purposes, from magazines and billboards to social media posts.<\/p>\n
Stock photography has been around since the 1920s and has been slowly evolving since its early beginnings when H. Armstrong Roberts<\/a> made a bunch of people sign model releases allowing him to profit from future reproductions<\/a> of his images.<\/p>\n Today, almost a hundred years later, stock photography is taking a whole different approach to how photographers benefit from their images, even when they are offered for free.<\/p>\nThe Early Beginnings<\/h2>\n