We Animals advocates for animals through photojournalism. Our global investigations and stories expose our complex relationships with animals, create ethical and cultural shifts in society, and empower human capacity for compassion and change.
Our stock site contains 30,000+ visuals of animals, including award-winning photojournalism that has been featured in The Guardian, The Washington Post, Slate, NowThis, and hundreds of others.
As a contributor, your visuals will be accessed by our ever-expanding network of media outlets, NGOs, academics, and grassroots advocates who require visuals for their work. We promote new work from our contributions in several ways; through media outreach, and our newsletter, social media, and website.
Learn more about our contributing photojournalists here.
Information about licensing your visuals to We Animals:
1. How We Animals licenses visuals from you (what you and We Animals agree to)
You can see our content licence agreement here.
2. What We Animals may do with your visuals (editing and journalistic integrity)
While we recognize and respect your unique style as an artist, as a photojournalism agency, We Animals upholds certain standards of journalistic integrity and consistency. With your agreement, our editors may lightly edit any submissions to meet our standards and aesthetic. Generally this involves color-correction, tonal adjustments and cropping. We typically do not blur faces, signs or logos, so if you do not want those elements to be seen, please shoot/submit accordingly.
3. How people are allowed to use the platform (what site users agree to)
To access the platform users must register and agree to the terms of use. You can see the terms of use here. Please review these in full so you understand what the user agrees to when accessing our site. Key points include:
- Users must register to download from the site, and We Animals reserves the right to deny access.
- Users agree not to use works in any way that is defamatory, injurious, or promotes or advocates for any industry, initiative, person or practice that engages in animal misuse or mistreatment, in each case as determined in our sole discretion.
4. How We Animals licenses the visuals to users
We use three general licence types:
- Non-Commercial use licence. Users intending to use visuals for non-commercial purposes (not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation) will agree to Non-Commercial licensing terms. This includes:
- Users are free to share and adapt the visuals;
- Users cannot sell, sublicense, and/or redistribute the visuals;
- Users must credit the visuals ([your name] / We Animals);
- Users can only use the visuals for non-commercial purposes;
- The visuals are made available for free.
- Commercial use licence. Users intending to use visuals for commercial purposes (primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation, including fundraising) will agree to Commercial use licensing terms. This includes:
- Users are free to share and adapt the visuals;
- Users cannot sell, sublicense, and/or redistribute the visuals;
- Users must credit the visuals ([your name] / We Animals);
- Users can use the visuals for commercial purposes;
- Users will pay a licensing fee for these visuals;
- You as the Creator will receive a portion of the licensing fee as a royalty payment as outlined in our licence agreement.
- Subscription licence. Users with a high volume who intend to use visuals for both non-commercial and commercial purposes may choose a Subscription licence. This includes:
- Users are free to share and adapt the visuals;
- Users cannot sell, sublicense, and/or redistribute the visuals, with the exception of making the visuals available to media for publication;
- Users must credit the visuals ([your name] / We Animals);
- Users can use the visuals for both non-commercial and commercial purposes;
- Users will pay a subscription licensing fee for these visuals;
- You as the Creator will receive a portion of the subscription fee as a royalty, pro-rated based on the percentage of your visuals used by the User during the subscription period and the royalty rate indicated in your licence agreement for those visuals.
We appreciate there may be existing restrictions on your visuals and we will do our best to work with those restrictions.
Note: this information is subject to change.
Please direct any questions to stock@weanimals.org.