One of the most culturally significant archive collections in the world, capturing over a century of stunning visuals across fashion, design and culture, is exclusively available in The Vault
NEW YORK, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), a leading global creative platform offering full-service solutions, high-quality content, and tools for brands, businesses and media companies, today announced an exclusive editorial partnership with premier global media company Condé Nast to represent The Condé Nast Collection, one of the most important and historically significant archives in the world. Featuring over 30,000 iconic and influential photographs, illustrations and magazine covers dating back to 1892, the collection provides a chronicle of fashion's most prolific moments, as well as content waiting to be discovered across Condé Nast's distinguished portfolio of brands, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, AD, House & Garden, and Glamour.
Coco Chanel wearing one of her designs for Vogue 1937. Photo Credit: Horst P Horst/Condé Nast/Shutterstock
Jazz icon Louis Armstrong for Vanity Fair 1935. Photo Credit: Anton Bruehl/Condé Nast/Shutterstock
Model Twiggy for Vogue 1967. Photo Credit: Bert Stern/Condé Nast/Shutterstock
Powerhouse Serena Williams for Self 2005. Photo Credit: Arthur Elgort/Condé Nast/Shutterstock
Model wearing a back-lacing corset by Detolle for Mainbocher for Vogue 1939. Photo Credit: Horst P Horst/Condé Nast/Shutterstock
Soul singer Isaac Hayes for GQ 1971. Photo Credit: Peter Hujar/Condé Nast/Shutterstock
The collection will form part of Shutterstock Editorial's archive, The Vault, which has over 50 million assets across photo and video, making it one of the largest photo and video archives in the world. From the first issue of Vogue published on December 17, 1892, Roaring '20s parties hosted in Condé Nast's apartment at 1040 Park Avenue in New York City, to portraits of Coco Chanel and Twiggy, this collection provides a glimpse into transformative fashion and design moments, as seen through the eyes of acclaimed photographers, including Edward Steichen, Horst P. Horst, Cecil Beaton, John Rawlings, Bert Stern and Arthur Elgort.
"The Condé Nast Collection is synonymous with style, elegance, glamor and ingenuity, with every visual telling a story about the evolution of fashion and culture," said Candice Murray, VP of Editorial at Shutterstock. "We are delighted to partner with Condé Nast as caretakers of this exceptional archive, providing Shutterstock's customers with exclusive access to one of the most premium collections in the fashion and lifestyle space."
"The Condé Nast Archive is a virtual time capsule of the 20th century. Covering fashion, design, beauty, travel, food, and the arts, it is an unparalleled offering of some of the most important images ever created for publication," said Ivan Shaw, Corporate Photography Director at Condé Nast. "We are elated to bring this historically significant and visually stunning collection to Shutterstock, an innovator in the creative content industry with unequivocal reach."
Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), is a leading global creative platform offering full-service solutions, high-quality content, and tools for brands, businesses and media companies. Directly and through its group subsidiaries, Shutterstock's comprehensive collection includes high-quality licensed photographs, vectors, illustrations, videos and music. Working with its growing community of over one million contributors, Shutterstock adds hundreds of thousands of images each week, and currently has more than 350 million images and more than 20 million video clips available.
Headquartered in New York City, Shutterstock has offices around the world and customers in more than 150 countries. The Company also owns Bigstock, a value-oriented stock media offering; Shutterstock Studios, an end-to-end custom creative shop; Offset, a high-end image collection; PremiumBeat, a curated royalty-free music library; and Shutterstock Editorial, a premier source of editorial images and videos for the world's media.
Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others. The company's award-winning content reaches 72 million consumers in print, 442 million in digital and 452 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month. The company is headquartered in New York and London, and operates in 32 markets worldwide including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Latin America, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S., with local license partners across the globe. Launched in 2011, Condé Nast Entertainment is an award-winning production and distribution studio that creates programming across film, television, social and digital video and virtual reality. IG@condenastTwitter@condenast
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