Stock Photo

Brochures, billboards, websites, menus, and memes. We are immersed every day in the imagery of carefully-curated stock photography. Stock Photo blends memoir and cultural history to mine how this unique medium has cemented an important place in our cultural landscape.

List of Illustrations

Preface
1. Armchairs and Avocados and Armpits
2. Beginnings
3. Portrait and Close-up and White Background
4. Portrait and Wide Angle
5. Business
6. Twentysomething
7. Landscapes
8. Cheese
9. Still Life
10. Divers*
11. Related Keywords
12. Email
13. Terrorist
14. Funny
15. Recycling
16. Transition

Acknowledgments
Notes
Index