A veteran New York City party reporter reflects on what it was like to see the famed, and famously humble, photographer in action. Shutterstock is the exclusive sponsor of Experience the Times of Bill Cunningham, an immersive installation taking place in The Seaport, New York City, through October 30. Two things about Bill Cunningham, the legendary photographer who for decades […]
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Understanding The Differences Between Commercial & Editorial photography
Main photo: Vicente Concha Like you, we’re passionate about photography and want to find a place for every photo in our collection. So, in an effort to remove any guesswork on your part, we’re going to take a second to lay out some guidelines and simplify the submission process. One of the most common points […]
The Road Less Traveled: An Interview with Alex Treadway
British travel photographer Alex Treadway sets the record straight on what it takes to head off to parts unknown to uncover stories untold. In 2007, after a successful run as a graphic designer, Alex Treadway moved to Nepal to work for a mountain development NGO (ICIMOD, International Center for Mountain Development). Though Treadway had a […]
The History of Photo-Worthy Summer Stripes in 20 Images
As synonymous with summer as sunshine and cocktails, fresh striped fabrics and designs never fall out of style. Take a moment to look around you and down at what you’re wearing. Chances are, you’ll spy a striped pattern somewhere in view. Stripes certainly claim to be one of the most chameleonic and enduring patterns, adaptable […]
What Will the Soundtrack for Summer 2021 Entail?
As the world cautiously reopens, we look for music to provide the soundtrack to our re-emergence. The question is: What will our song be? In the face of unspeakable adversity and tragedy, mankind has always looked to music as a way to provide evocation of our collective emotions. For the past year, as concert venues […]
What Fashion Will Look Like Post-Pandemic
We’ve got clues in what we wore after the last (flu) pandemic. A stroll through fashion photography from Vogue in the 1920s. For more than a year now, COVID 19 has dominated the news cycle, as well as people’s psyches, the world over. But with a vaccine rollout finally in full swing, people are ever-so-slowly […]
More Is More: Ripped from the Pages of 1960s Vogue
The 1960s seismic fashion shift—miniskirts, bell bottoms, galactic crystals—left an impact seen clearly on Vogue’s unique radar. Take a look at the edge of fashion in all its glory. It’s hard to know where to start when it comes to the impact the 1960s had on American culture. For starters, the 60s followed two consecutive […]
Against All Odds: The 63rd Grammy Awards Version of Entertainment
The 63rd Grammy Awards on Sunday was fun. Yes, fun. Here are some photo highlights from this year’s pandemic-era awards ceremony. Part of the fun of an awards ceremony is that it gives the audience a chance to watch how celebs behave when they’re trapped in a room together for three-plus hours: Who do they […]
Photographer Andrew Walker on the Virtual Shutterstock Photo Booth
Andrew Walker discusses his less-than-ordinary Sundance experience, getting his subjects to feel comfortable in front of a camera, and more. Andrew Walker has been photographing celebrities for more than a decade, making portraits with such A-listers as Regina King, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Chadwick Boseman. But until this year’s Sundance Film Festival, which went entirely […]
9 Mental Health Advocates to Celebrate, Then and Now
From past to present, we celebrate advocates who made indelible contributions to their communities concerning mental health. “For nearly 30 years—most of my adult life—I have struggled with depression and anxiety,” Andrew Solomon wrote for The New York Times during the coronavirus shutdowns in April 2020. “While I’ve never felt alone in such commonplace afflictions—the […]