About

Hey there, I'm Annie, a photographer and the Management Lead at Unsplash, which is part of the Getty Images family. Think of me as the all seeing 👁️.

I'm located in the beautiful New Forest National Park, in England, UK, where I live with my family and stinky geriatric greyhound.

Where are my manners? Welcome to my blog. I used to write a blog years ago called Mammasaurus and just like back then, I still write exactly how I talk. You'll either love that or find it really annoying. This is my space to write about photography and illustration projects, thoughts, ideas and reviews. I can't promise that I won't go off on a tangent at any given time. It's the curse of the creative. 🤪

People often ask me about my photography journey so if you are interested read on (if not skip merrily across to my recent blog posts 😉).

Photography wise, I give the vast majority of my photos (and more recently illustrations) away for free usage on Unsplash. I've around 28,000 free images available currently and that number grows weekly.

I started out as a hobbyist, letting others use my work just because I wanted to share moments that I found beautiful with other people (and because it felt like a nice thing to do). Since then I've signed a handful of image licensing agreements from art and print retailers reaching out wanting to sell my work after seeing it on Unsplash. Eight years later this remains a nice bit of passive income and I continue to shoot only what I want to, never what I'm asked to. For me, that's the key to keeping the love for photography alive.

More recently I've started contributing to Unsplash+, where I have access to different briefs and can select what I'd like to shoot for. A bit like a traditional stock photography model, only it's a very close knit, small community and you get paid outright for every image accepted. If interested you can read more about contributing to Unsplash+ here.

If you'd like to chat to me feel free to contact me at contact@anniespratt.com. 🫶🏻