A few weeks ago, I was snarky about stock imagery on the internet.
I was looking for photos of "people coding," and the options were decidedly bad — think word clouds and whiteboards. But how would I go about translating such an ephemeral idea into visual form? Honestly, I had no idea.
Stock imagery has played a significant role in developing the visual language of technology. If you imagine all hackers wear black and hunch over green screens in dark rooms, that's thanks to film and television to be sure, but also because of the creative images that accompany stories on websites like this one. Read more...
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