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Fresh Picks January 2023

Every month, our expert picture editors comb through the depths of the Alamy library to uncover content for emerging trends, upcoming events, or simply because it caught their eyes.

The Fresh Picks page is updated at the start of every month with six new collections curated by our picture editors. But if you’d rather just get them sent straight to you, you can subscribe to our emails where you’ll get the Fresh Picks newsletter sent to you on the first Tuesday of every month, plus other resources for all your stock content needs.

Without further ado, here are six curated collections to get you started for 2023.

Natural Light

Sometimes, the light hits just right and there’s nothing else quite like it. The use of natural light has often been the defining feature of many great photographs. In this collection, we show exactly why.

Turn heads with the show-stopping qualities of natural light. Explore the Natural Light collection.

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Awards Archive

The awards season begins in January and doesn’t end until March. It’s a whirlwind of celebration as the entertainment industry looks back at the greatest hits from the last year.

You can secure breaking coverage of every event with Alamy using Alamy Live News or searching editorial images. But for now, explore the archive from past years.

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Historical Archive Videos

Ever wondered what Japanese acrobats were doing in the early 20th century? Or you want to see Louis Armstrong in full flow tooting on his trumpet in the 1960s?

Wonder no more. You can see all of this plus many other great historical moments in full motion with this curated video archive. Catch curious glimpses of history on video.

Space Videos

Space is vast. Too vast for words, and too vast for stills too. Its awe-inspiring magnitude is best captured and represented in video formats.

Explore space and its interstellar qualities in this collection.

Subscription Culture 

From fitness to food, and music to meditation, there are now an abundance of products and services delivered via subscriptions models. 

They’ve become ubiquitous in 21st century life. This new lifestyle collection reflects these changes in the way we now live. Explore the Subscription Culture collection.

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Gen Z

Also known as zoomers, Gen Z grew up in world with declining biodiversity, economic inequality, and the consequences of climate change. That’s why they dream about changing the world for future generations.

So this curated collection focuses on sustainability, activism and digital life. Explore the Gen X collection.

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Matt Yau

Matt started off as a live music photographer covering up-and-coming bands in Brighton, and since then has become enamoured by the power of pictures. With a penchant for storytelling, he's on a mission to uncover unique images from the Alamy library and tell the story behind them.

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