By partnering with stock agencies, the sales, licensing and payment is outsourced leaving the photographer to concentrate entirely on production. But who buys my images and what are they used for?  I typically license over 1000 images per month so it would be a futile task to know where all my work is being published. However it is always nice to spot them in the wild! 

Editorial images are often credited within the article that they illustrate, so they can be found in a google search. A few examples below: