iStock
Also known as iStock by Getty Images
iStock is an online royalty free, international microstock photography provider based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Key facts
- Company.name
- iStock by Getty Images
- Company.former_name
- iStockphoto (until 2013)
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.genre
- Microstock photography
- Company.foundation
- (as iStockphoto)
- Company.founder
- Bruce Livingstone
- Company.location_city
- Calgary, Alberta
- Company.location_country
- Canada
- Company.parent
- Getty Images
via Wikipedia infobox
~5 min read
Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Contributors
- Ownership of material controversy
- iStockvideo
- iStockalypse event
- Recent updates
- References
- External links
iStock is an online royalty free, international microstock photography provider based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
== History == The company was founded by Bruce Livingstone in May 2000, as iStockphoto, a free stock imagery website supported by Livingstone's web development firm, Evolvs Media. iStock pioneered the crowd-sourced stock industry and became the original source for user-generated stock photos, vectors and illustrations, and video clips. It began charging money in 2001 and quickly became profitable.