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Why photographers love sharing their work on Pexels
Why photographers love sharing their work on Pexels
I was truly baffled by how many people saw my work, and downloaded it, in such a short space of time. It still blows my mind. I could be the poster child for imposter syndrome, but seeing how many people appreciate the small things I do really helps me. I get enquiries and connections every day now. It’s a crazy community and I just love it.
Mathilde Langevin
Content creator, Photographer
We don’t really do that for the donations, we do it because we made a lot of connections. There’s been a lot of cool stories of people who have reached out to us, let us know how that photo inspired them in some way. Pexels is a great home base for us. Even brands have found us through Pexels, because they were looking up a photo and then found our family.
Josh and Care Willink
Content creator, Photographer
I didn’t know what I was expecting just posting these things, but I definitely wasn’t expecting to get a contract with Samsung with my photos on a phone ad. That was so ridiculous and really cool to be a part of. It shows that it’s kind of limitless on the platform in a way.
Zachary DeBottis
Content creator, Photographer
With Pexels you get tons of downloads, and the best part is that a lot of them will reach out to you and say ‘Thank you for your photo’, and a lot of people will actually give donations. You’ll get something from it: whether it’s recognition, appreciation, or even coffee.
Designecologist
Content creator, Photographer
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A bunch of grateful artists, entrepreneurs, non-for-profits, marketers and creators from all over the world use these photos to bring their stories and ideas to life — without you, this wouldn't be possible.
Nina Hill
Won an all inclusive trip to NYC to celebrate World Photography Day with Pexels and Peerspace
Markus Spiske
Photo purchased by Spotify for their creatives program
Tom Fisk
Videos used by Netflix for their series Our Greatest National Parks narrated by Barack Obama
Irina Iriser
Photos featured on major websites like Forbes, ABC, Canva, and Wikipedia
Marina Chalom
Winner of the Diversity Through The Lens Challenge had their winning photos displayed in two subway stations in São Paulo, Brazil
Jonathan Cooper
Passport to Canada challenge winning photo painted by a local Canadian artist Janna Wilton
International Fund for Animal Welfare
In partnership with IFAW, the photo challenge winners had their photos printed and displayed in live photo exhibits in Vancouver, Beijing, London and Sydney
Josh Willink
Photo used as the inspiration for the book cover of a parenting book written by Alice Hanscam
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Photographed by Daniel Guti