People Are Sharing The Most ‘WTF’ Stock Images They Find To This Online Group And Here Are 30 Of The Most Bizarre Ones
By definition, stock images are professional photos that are used for commercial purposes, like complementing publications, adverts, etc. But in reality, we know very well that many stock pics out there are just so weird, they've become somewhat of a household name for bizarre, pointless, and lousy photographs that make them particularly laughable.
It's this precise quality of the wacky and wondrous elements of stock photography that makes you instantly realize that what you’re seeing is a stock image and nothing else.
Thanks to this subreddit which has 333k members, we now have the most "seriously?", "are they kiddin’ me?" "do u see what I’m seeing?" compilation that poses way more questions than it answers.
Sit back and enjoy these carefully stacked stock monstrosities and after you’re done, be sure to check out Bored Panda's previous post with even more stock goodness that you won’t be able to unsee. Ever.
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This Makes Me Feel Uncomfortable
Oh Damn You Caught Me Keeping A Bowl Of Crackers In The Fridge
I'm embarrassed at how long it took me to understand what was wrong with this
Surfing The Web
See her face, the face of "why must i received this modelling offer from Shutterstock?"
While scrolling through this post, you are very likely to start wondering in what kind of context someone would need a stock image of a man with a meatloaf mask blended into his skin, or a shot of a woman pointing a baguette at a chef in what seems to be a carefully staged... bakery robbery.
It all has to do with the demand for very specialized imagery which happens when a subscriber browses through the peculiar stock archive. But the photographers have to already be ahead of the demand and anticipate people’s imagery needs before they start typing in the keywords.
Trying To Tell Your Wife Her Cooking Is Crap
This Stock Photo Illustrates The Dangers Of Shirt Hoarding
Google female bullying and you will find more of these pictures with the same girls.
An Italian Having A Conversation With A Giant Nacho
According to The Atlantic, “Shutterstock's content team will do direct outreach to the site's top videographers, photographers, and illustrators 'to help fill specific content needs.'” However, the contributing photographers are the ones who figure out what the subscribers will be looking for.
These days, stock imagery has become kind of its own aesthetic category that’s posed and weird without any apparent reason. Incredibly, according to Shutterstocker Emily Goodwin, “it's the utilitarian content—the images that capture the banalities and absurdities of everyday life—that prove popular” on the website.
I Think I’ll Go Snow Skiing In A Bikini; Ya Know, Since I’m Pregnant And All
Kermit Sacrifices A Potato?
Woman Is Robbing Bakery With A Baguette
Alligator Attacking Businesswoman In Office Cubicle
Sign on break room wall: It has been 0 days since the last alligator attack
Forbidden Affair
Apple
After Many Weeks Lurking, I Have Finally Found A Wtfstockphoto
I Have No Idea What This Is Supposed To Represent
She Doesn’t Have A Spine
Dads When Gas Prices Go Up 1 Cent
"Sir,your gas tank port at your right. It's your first time fill gas?"
Yes Grandma I Want Some Ice-Cream
Please Nurse, Do Your Job
It's Like I'm Really There!
Ironically, the program running right now is "Experience in the Emergency Room".
Ok, Love You Too
I know they're supposed to be shorter than the other fingers, but rule of thumb clearly doesn't apply here.
Bubble Wrap Fun
When No One Shows Up To Your Victorian Themed Whoville Party
Congratulations On Your New Husband!
Man With A Meat Loaf Mask Blended Into His Skin Or Whatever This Is
Burger Baby
So... I Came Across This Picture
How To Properly Censor A Dingdingdong
Man Poking A Gpu Card With A Soldering Iron
You’ve gotta love the fact that he’s clearly never held – or perhaps even seen – a soldering iron. In his entire life.