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The Smithsonian Joins Unsplash With 1,000 Free Images
May 28, 2026
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
The Smithsonian Institution has joined Unsplash, bringing a curated selection of 1,000 images from its vast archives to the free photo platform. The gallery spans…
Stock photography sites shut down AI images as Getty and Unsplash implement outright bans
Sep 22, 2022
John Aldred
It looks like the photography world is starting to get a little sick of AI-generated imagery. Or at least, much of it is sick of…
Unsplash to be acquired by Getty Images, but photos remain free
Mar 30, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Unsplash has announced that it’s becoming a part of Getty Images. Although the company is being acquired, it doesn’t mean that it will disappear. It…
Unsplash has released over 2 million images in a new massive open source dataset
Aug 7, 2020
John Aldred
The “free” image website Unsplash – a site that remains as controversial as it is popular – has released what it describes as “the most…
You may get sued big time if you aren’t careful with what you upload to Unsplash
Feb 12, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
Unsplash has in a short time become a major player in the photo-sharing industry. 174,000 photographers have uploaded images to the site. The platform this…
How sharing your photos on Unsplash may (not) help you grow your photography career
Oct 7, 2019
Dominik Vanyi
It is now exactly 2 years since I started uploading stock photos to Unsplash -the slightly controversial stock photo platform where everything is FREE for…
Photographer faces legal action after using a photo he downloaded from Unsplash
Jul 23, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Many photographers argue that Unsplash is a disaster for the industry. But it seems that it can also be harmful to those who download and…
Why Unsplash’s one million photo milestone is no big deal
Jun 20, 2019
Michael Comeau
On May 30, 2019, controversial free stock photo site Unsplash announced that it crossed the 1 million images uploaded mark. That had much of the photo…
SquareSpace is officially screwing photographers
Nov 20, 2018
Allen Murabayashi
Imagine a website that convinces its users to upload free content and builds social signals (e.g. likes and view counts) to make the site addictive….
One Million Reasons Unsplash Is A Disaster For Photographers & Designers
Jan 26, 2018
JP Danko
We recently featured an article by photographer Samuel Zeller touting the virtues of giving away photography on Unsplash for free: I’ve Been Sharing My Photography…