What can stock photo searches tell us about perception of women in advertising?

In the Women’s History Month, Adobe Stock Team has decided to conduct an interesting study. They wanted to find out how the image of women has changed in advertising and creativity. Thus, they have analyzed the data for over 450 million Adobe Stock searches in the last year, trying to find out whether the perception […]

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Women’s Work – a project that breaks down professional gender stereotypes

Gender stereotypes exist in all fields of our society, and jobs are no exception. Even Google Image Search separates men and women in different job groups. Photographer Chris Crisman created a project that blurs the traditional line between “men’s” and “women’s” jobs. In a project “Women’s Work”, he created environmental portraits of women in their […]

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Fathers and daughters: why do 2/3 of the population prefer that dads will take family photos

It’s Father’s Day today and accordingly, my email inbox has been deluged with gift ideas for fathers. Even if they are photographically inclined (you might not believe how many press releases I receive that aren’t even in my preferred ball-park) the chances are that they won’t present me with many opportunities to feature them. I was […]

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Powerful photo series explores the silent abuse directed towards women everyday

They say an image is worth a thousand words, but the reality is silence can sometimes be more powerful than words ever are, for better or worse. It’s for this reason that Hungarian photographer Miklos Kiss has started a powerful photo series titled ‘Silent Consent.’ ‘Many women are discriminated and abused because of their gender,’ […]

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