Unsplash has announced it’s being acquired by Getty Images . Launched in 2013 as a Tumblr blog with ten images, Unsplash has developed into a large source for free photographs. Users can download full-resolution images from Unsplash, for free and for any purpose. More than 100 million images are downloaded for free from Unsplash each month. Unsplash will continue to operate as a standalone brand and division of Getty Images, where users typically pay licensing fees . As PetaPixel points out in its coverage , Unsplash has generated some controversy among photographers. Some photographers believe that offering images at no charge lowers the pay rate bar for professional photographers, especially those working in the stock photography space. Unsplash’s website includes easy access to millions of free stock images Mikael Cho, Unsplash’s CEO, writes that the entire Unsplash team will be staying on board and that the team will continue its work to ‘create the world’s most useful visual asset library.’ Despite a difference in business model, Cho is confident that Getty Images has the utmost respect for Unsplash and its community of creators. Unsplash and Getty have had communication since 2016, and Getty Images’ CEO, Craig Peters, told Cho, […]
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