3 Sep 2024

Shower Thoughts: Who takes stock photos?

From Nights, 9:15 pm on 3 September 2024

Have you ever been standing in the shower, when suddenly, the noise in your brain clears and, in its place, appears the perfect thought?

That's a Shower Thought, and RNZ's Nights is aiming to answer those unshakeable questions lurking in the back of your mind.

Tonight's question: Who takes stock photos?

Kathryn Taylor is a stock photographer based in Canterbury and joins Emile Donovan to demystify the stock photo industry.

A stock photo of a father and son sitting on the steps outside a house, smiling. The father embraces the son.

Canterbury-based photographer Kathryn Taylor says when she goes to shoot stock photography, she always tries to bring out the story in an image. Photo: Kathryn Taylor / TrueStock