They’re wacky and wondrous, bizarre and tasteless, impossible to explain and somehow captivating. Ladies and gents, welcome to the wacky world of stock photography, where commercial photography meets “what on earth is going on there?” moments, making it one of the internet’s most beloved forms of memes.
And thanks to the Twitter page “Dark Stock Photos” that delivers exactly what it says, we have the most cringy collection to feast on, but with a messed up twist. The Grim Reaper shaking hands with a doctor next to a body laying motionless in a hospital bed? Check. A kid putting a salami tranche into a CD drive? Yep. And it’s pointless listing more, because the craziest thing you can think of—it’s there.
So get your popcorn ready for the sheer stock craziness below, and after you’re done, be sure to check our previous articles with hilariously bad stock photos here, here, and here.#1
Raven Sheridan15 hours ago
The American health care system at work! You can’t pay? You die.29ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#2
Raven Sheridan15 hours ago
Kinky!20ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#3
Sum Guy15 hours ago
Society right now29ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
Most of the stock photo gems look absolutely pointless. I mean, who’d need a shot of a woman pointing a baguette at a chef in a bakery robbery? Incredibly, stock imagery is basically a reflection of the demand for very, even if absurdly, specialized imagery.
When a stock bank user is browsing through the archive, they already have a more or less clear specific idea about what they’re looking for. But the whole challenge the commercial photographers face is being ahead of the demand and anticipating users’ needs before they even type in the keywords in the search bar.#4
Hans15 hours ago
I did not know there were exxagerations of that meme!50ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#5
Hans15 hours ago
If I saw an article on domestic violence with this picture I would not know whether I would laugh or cry.40ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#6
Hans15 hours ago
All kids did that I thought.18ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
Usually, it’s the contributing photographers who figure out what the subscribers will be looking for on stock collections like Shutterstock. Then, there are the website’s top photographers, illustrators, and videographers who get direct orders from the content team.
With time, stock imagery has become its own aesthetic category that blends the hyperrealism and absurdity of everyday life. It’s exactly what makes them so appealing for an internet that’s inherently run by jokes, memes, and everything that doesn’t fit the definition.#7
Hans15 hours ago
“But Grandmother! What big eyes you have.”32ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#8
Hans15 hours ago
Influencer and kidnapper double occupation.34ReplyView more comments#9
Hans15 hours ago
Parenting while working when you cannot avoid a corona infection.17ReplyView more comments#10
Hans15 hours ago
“…its soup again.”23ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#11
Dan Buczynski15 hours ago
I love this.12ReplyView more comments#12
Hans15 hours ago
“I think an apology is due here.”19ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#13
Ember15 hours ago
Behold….the portal to another world31ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#14
Call Me Mars14 hours ago
I’m sorry I laughed. But don’t drink and drive. Please.39ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#15
Ember15 hours ago
….this is gonna give me nightmares24ReplyView more comments#16
Ember15 hours ago
Creepy as hell32ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#17
Priscilla Reshell15 hours ago
help im buried alive!12ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#18
Ember15 hours ago
Black market during the pandemic….lol26ReplyView more comments#19
Chyppa Homer15 hours ago
We used to call these Sundays, back in the day 😀19ReplyView more comments#20
Her Highness, Duke of Qin15 hours ago
It happens19ReplyView more comments#21
Ember15 hours ago
I think he needs to give up cycling, he’s obviously not very good at it…lol49ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#22
Alexis Bilodeau14 hours ago
Look how good I am at labeling people21ReplyView more comments#23
Ember15 hours ago
WTF? I am the only one confused here?22ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#24
Ember15 hours ago
Are people actually paid to come up with these ideas???25ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#25
Pikazard15 hours ago
ouch14ReplyView more comments#26
Hans15 hours ago
The office canteen served bean soup again.18ReplyView more comments#27
Hans15 hours ago
“A brother’s love.”15ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#28
Her Highness, Duke of Qin15 hours ago
I do the same to my cat when it starts hitting and scratching lmao9ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#29
Ember15 hours ago
Look children…it’s the Easter bunny….run for your lives!24ReplyView more comments#30
Sonja14 hours ago
What is love? Baby don’t hurt me…17ReplyView More Replies…View more comments
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In 2016, she graduated from Digital Advertising courses where she had an opportunity to meet and learn from industry professionals. In the same year, she started working at Bored Panda as a photo editor.
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