The photographers at Westend61 don’t just live and work in a wide variety of places. They all have their own unique photographic “style.” And their backgrounds are just as diverse. Career changers and self-taught photographers stand alongside creatives who have learned the craft of photography from the ground up…
The streetscape in metropolitan areas is changing in ways that are impossible to overlook—city centers are becoming greener! Where cars once dominated the scene, alternative modes of transportation and new green spaces are increasingly shaping the urban landscape. Companies and local governments must…
Consumers are becoming increasingly skeptical of superficial eco-claims. Advertising campaigns featuring clichéd environmental symbols tend to inspire skepticism rather than trust among the target audience. This article shows…
People over 50 today are significantly more active, tech-savvy, and have greater purchasing power than their older counterparts in previous generations. Nevertheless, many campaigns targeting “Best Agers” in Central Europe still rely on outdated, clichéd imagery. However, visual advertising communication…
The traditional office aesthetic has had its day. Instead of sterile, blue-and-white-lit corporate spaces, depicting the modern workplace now calls for stock photos that realistically reflect everyday corporate life…
Today, let’s take another look at the other side of the camera—and see how the photographers at Westend61 work. We’d like to introduce you to Franci Leoncio from Lindau on Lake Constance…
Lisa Tymokhina (40) impressively demonstrates that stock photography is anything but “off-the-shelf.” The former scientist brings a unique precision and symbolism to her work…
What makes visual communication credible? Of course, this is a question we at Westend61 are constantly asking ourselves. But it is also a question that is becoming increasingly urgent in view of the growing flood of AI-generated photos. That is why “authentic visual language” is one of the two core topics of our trend report for 2026.
We are swimming, no, we are drowning in a veritable flood of images: every day, we are confronted with thousands of visual impressions – perfectly staged, algorithmically optimized, or even generated directly by AI…
