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How to start decolonizing your brand

The term “decolonize” has recently entered the mainstream vocabulary. But what exactly is decolonization? And why is it a crucial practice to evolve your brand?

Vera Lair

Stocksy Currents: Behind Glass

Creating vibey conceptual barriers through the use of physical glass or plastic in your marketing imagery

Ulas&Merve

Contributor Interview: Dominic Dähncke

A visual master with a spontaneous eye for capturing unique compositions and storytelling moments, Dominic Dähncke shows how magic can be made without even knowing how or why until it has manifested.

Dominic Dähncke

Female Gaze Young woman with long hair and cropped bangs poses to camera in front of a red drape, soft focus film look

Cinema Tigers

The Art of the Portrait

Why are we so drawn to pictures of other people? More curiously, how can a stock portrait of an anonymous person capture our attention?

Contributor Interview: Ana Luz Crespi

Discover photographer Ana Luz Crespi's passion for dance, how they make models feel comfortable, and what role creative briefs play in their creation process.

Gay latino couple in the bathroom grooming and getting ready before going out. They are in denim outfits in a blue tiled bathroom with a sink and mirror.

Ana Luz Crespi

Modern walkway in train station, San Francisco, CA, USA

Rialto Images

Stocksy Currents: Liminal Spaces

We examine this trend of troubling architecture and what it can mean in your designs.

Contributor interview: Jennifer Bogle

Stocksy Contributor Jennifer Bogle on her experience as a photographer capturing authentic family life and what it means to be Costco famous.

Curly haired girl holds rainbow umbrella aloft while two figures with umbrellas stand in the background. Air is full of water spray but sun is shining.

Jennifer Bogle

Environmental indoor portrait of a young hip woman sitting in a woven chair in a small boutique. She is wearing a beige dress and is looking straight into the camera.

VISUALSPECTRUM

Modern women in media

It's time to raise our expectations of the media and work with the artists that can make it happen.

Revisiting, Rebranding, Debranding: how to evolve with your brand

Branding is an ongoing exercise. As culture and society continue to evolve, brands have the opportunity to participate in the change.

Dreaming The Ocean mixed analog film and digital manipulations

Alessandra Desole

Photography

Contributor Interview: Sweenshots & Shaymone

We caught up with Houston photographers Ahmad Sweeney and Shaymone to chat about their studio, Stocksy, and how they get their style so right.

Black Father And Daughter Lifestyle Portriats

Sweenshots & Shaymone

Abstract Moving Neon Colors Close up of moving shapes of liquid neon colors on black background

Stocksy Currents: Biobranding

astronaut overseeing terraforming of the planet to modify its atmosphere to be similar to the environment of earth to make it habitable by earth-like life

The expanding universe of space imagery

hand holding a magnifier against spring blooms

Bring your brand vision to life with stock media │ Stocksy Creative Research

Family beach summer vacation day. Father and two young daughters making a sandcastle on the beach in Portugal.

Out There! How summer is all about getting away and coming together

Behind the scenes of a gender-fluid and body positive fashion shoot

7 tips for creating LGBTQ+ photography and video content

Portrait of confident Indigenous woman in office setting looking away from camera. She is wearing traditional styled beaded jewelry

Recognizing representation on National Indigenous Peoples Day

Celebrating Juneteenth

Adolescent/Skateboarder On The Streets Doing Tricks.

Leisure for liberty with Audrey Shtecinjo

Woman walking alone in windy salt flats.

Salt & solitude with Max Kütz

A paper house sits on top of a dark cloud floating in a dramatic sky. For many in our society a home of their own has become nothing more than a dream.

Catherine MacBride’s paper planet

California Coast Polaroid Instant Film of the California Coast

Lost in the American dream

Las Salinas de Torrevieja

Woman with medium length dark hair wearing all pink, poses with pink grapefruit halves infront of matching pink wall

Fruit eyes and other oddities

Northern Lights Taken while camping out in Iceland

How memorable can a stock background photo be?

Marketing

4 ways to save time searching for stock photos

Ready for your project's perfect visuals? Find it faster with time-saving tools like Search by Color, Visual search, and Curated Collections.

Creative team of two women working together with prints, photographs and color in a modern space. They are discussing artistic projects.

Garage Island Crew

A Woman Filming Her Friend Dancing In Nature

6 tips for improving your video marketing

table set up for Montessori math learning with 3-d geometric shapes in a home learning environment for preschool homeschool- kid holds up magnifying glass

Search by Color

Yellow balloon with a face trapped between walls spying on a laptop inside a house. Privacy concept

Business Unusual

Stocksy Currents: Biobranding

Natural cosmetics, fresh as flowers with orchid made from paper

D2C branding: how to approach modern markets and stay relevant

Bring your brand vision to life with stock media │ Stocksy Creative Research

Side view of eccentric black female in stylish pink clothes lying on cube under arched doorway in minimal interior. Research of interaction of body and space.

What we learned while building Stocksy Ideas

Stock photo of an amazing cool black non-binary couple hugging in the city of Madrid.

How our media can better represent LGBTQ+ identity for Pride and beyond

Boy prepare to enter into the water and swim ...Unrecognisable children on this photo Children Having Fun Jumping Into The Sea

Endless Summer: get back to the beach by going back in time

Studio portrait of transgender woman with long wavy hair wearing a white suit in vibrant pink and cyan lights

Find Your Frequency Fund

Bright shaft of sunlight passes through a glass prism creating a rainbow light effect

Pride: beyond the visible spectrum

Everyday Joy. Woman and her children spending time together in the bedroom

Motherboards: Why technology and Mother’s Day images go hand in hand

Boy With Christmas Lights At The Beach After Sunset An evening at the beach at Christmas time in https://www.stocksy.com/angelalumsden/showcase?page=1 Australia

Prawns, pools & pavlova: Christmas Aussie style

Two Adventurous Sailors On A Sailboat Sailing On An Ocean During Sunset

There’s more to fall than foliage photos

Filmmaking

6 tips for improving your video marketing

Stock footage is an affordable option without compromising quality, timelines, and flexibility. Read on for video marketing tips to create successful campaigns, regardless of your budget.