Breaking News: Wemark’s Collection Reaches 1 Million Images — And We’re Just Getting Started

Before even officially launching our marketplace, Wemark’s collection has surpassed 1 Million photos. It includes some of the most compelling images from today’s top photographers and content providers worldwide.

Today marks an incredible milestone for Wemark. In just a few months, our collection has grown exponentially to 1 Million professionally shot, ready-to-license images from some of the most respected photographic content producers around the world. It captures a diverse, global perspective, photographed across The United States, Germany, India, Russia, The United Kingdom, Sweden, South Africa and France — with individual photographers expanding coverage to many other regions. These images span classic categories ranging from nature and wildlife to portraiture, food, travel, and lifestyle — but with fresh, unrivaled quality that will appeal to the world’s most discerning content consumers.

After announcing partnerships with Cavan Images earlier this year, we’re proud to reveal more than 5 new content partners. These expertly curated collections include Monkey Business Images, Mint Images, The Good Brigade, Glasshouse Images, India Pictures, Maskot, and a few other collections we’ll be announcing soon. These are some of the most well-known and widely used sources of premium images among top publishers, advertising agencies and big brands alike.

These partnerships position Wemark as one of the top premium stock photography collections in the world, weeks before launch. And our partners couldn’t be more excited to join our groundbreaking platform.

Image by Glasshouse Images, part of Wemark’s collection

We couldn’t have expected this level of excitement and support from creators and artists at such an early stage in our development. This milestone marks a special day for Wemark on our journey to create a global economy for digital content and help creators realize their power and reclaim control and revenue over their work.

Over the past two decades, major stock photography platforms have grown to hundreds of millions of images, many of which are outdated, poor quality or clichéd, frustrating image buyers everywhere. Aiming to solve this once and for all, our review process is highly selective, and only high quality, relevant images find their way into our collection where they will get the attention they deserve. Our seasoned team of reviewers, photo editors and advisors like Keren Sachs accept only the best, most commercially viable images. This means that buyers — in addition to benefiting from Wemark’s advanced search functionalities — will stop wading through unusable content, and will quickly find exactly what they need for their projects and campaigns, saving time and money.

“This is a tremendous milestone for Wemark,” Says Wemark’s advisor and Shutterstock’s former Director of Content, Keren Sachs. “Content providers across the globe have entrusted us with their photos before we have even licensed an image. They believe in what we are building and the future of the content licensing on the blockchain. We are honored and invigorated by the support from the creative community.”

Image by The Good Brigade, part of Wemark’s collection

After months of grit, perseverance and budding partnerships with some of the best content producers around the world, getting great coverage all around (Forbes, VentureBeat, Ivan on Tech and more), attending more than 15 conferences in 7 countries, and launching collaborations with esteemed photographer communities like Gurushots and Viewbug — this milestone could not come at a more exciting time.