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The Atlantic’s Megan Garber summed up the intrinsic quality of a stock photo like this: “To see a stock image is to know you’re seeing a stock image.” It’s a paradox. Stock photos are supposed to blend into the background like visual white noise.
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/5/18716229/stock-photo-photographer-model-how