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Award Categories

Annual honors

These awards recognize exceptional artists and storytellers in our creative community.

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Artist of the Year

Overall favorites and standouts in the asset categories of Photography, Vectors and Illustrations, Video, Design Templates, Premium, and our Newcomer of the Year.

Meet the Top Choice recipients

Asset of the Year

This award recognizes the best asset of any type from across the Adobe Stock standard collection.

Meet the Top Choice recipient

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Closeup shot of grey knit fabric. Macro textile shot.

Visual Storytelling Series of the Year

This award honors a series of three or more Premium stock images that do an exceptional job of communicating through visual narrative.

Meet the Top Choice recipient

Marquee Awards

These awards recognize Adobe Stock visuals that stand out across a variety of categories and themes with strong, continuous demand from Adobe Stock buyers.

Man in black shirt and traditional Asian bracelets sits practicing qigong. Closeup of meditation gesture with hands.

Connection and Communities

Imagery across evergreen lifestyle stock topics including home life, family life, everyday interactions, and work and play at home.

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Pink graphic poster with signs and diverse arms raised in air protesting women's rights.

How We Work

Contemporary, realistic representations of diverse professionals earning a living.

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Land, Sky, and Sea

The natural world through a range of topics, including travel, outdoor adventure, animals’ habitats, and environmental sustainability.

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Global Impact

Visuals that address sustainability, climate change and social justice, and that explore themes like human impact and modern activism.

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Health and Healing

Visuals revealing truths about the state of our health and wellbeing.

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Conceptual Visions

Excellence in offbeat, high-concept still life or abstract imagery.

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Taste of Heritage

Food, drink, and cooking imagery offering depth, nuance, cultural relevance, and authentic storytelling.

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Portraiture and People

Visually stunning and commercially compelling portrait work.

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Meet the judges

The Adobe Stock Artist Awards jury is a diverse group of artists, industry experts, and Adobe executives who are committed to supporting creators and helping them gain greater visibility for their work.

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Scott Belsky

Chief Strategy Officer & EVP | Adobe

The founder and CEO of Behance, Scott now oversees all of product and engineering for Creative Cloud — as well as design for Adobe.

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Black and white closeup portrait of Josué Rivas, Mexican Indigenous Adobe Contributor. He wears earrings and has shoulder-length hair.

Shari Berman

Product Adoption & Activation Lead | Ogilvy

Shari has over two decades of experience as a writer and video content creator for a variety of businesses including museums, financial institutions, healthcare companies, and creative agencies.

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Sarah Casillas

Senior Director of Content, Adobe Stock | Adobe

Dedicated to championing artists, Sarah drives strategy and execution for content on the Adobe Stock marketplace business.

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Emma Chiu

Global Director |
Wunderman Thompson Intelligence

A 2022 ambassador for Women in Innovation (WIN), Emma leads Wunderman’s in-house futures and innovation think tank.

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Rufus Deuchler

Director, Worldwide Creative Cloud Evangelism | Adobe

Rufus brings over 25 years of hands-on experience using Adobe software to the creative table with a corporate and editorial design background.

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Sarah Filippi

VP of Marketing | Vice Media Group

At Vice, Sarah oversees the branded content organization across all VMG titles (Vice, i-D, and Refinery29), leading a global team consisting of creators in every medium.

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Kota Iguchi

Motion Designer and Creative Director | CEKAI

Kota specializes in motion graphics and works as a video director and team-building creative director.

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Tomonobu Kamiya

President | Adobe Japan

Tomo is responsible for the overall operations across Adobe’s three cloud businesses — Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud — in Japan.

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Pamala Buzick Kim

Executive Director | FREE THE WORK

Under Pamala's leadership, nonprofit FREE THE WORK helps leading global companies actively engage in equitable actions that bring opportunities to underrepresented talent behind the camera.

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Kladi

Designer, instructor, and author

Founder of Studio Printmysoul, a UK-based design boutique, Kladi is an award-winning creator and author who mentors young artists.

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Will Knight

Senior Creative | It’s Nice That

Will is a London-based designer and art director who does cross-disciplinary visual storytelling for both editorial organizations and brands.

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Amigos Koike

Illustrator, musician, and Chairman of the Tokyo Illustrators’ Society

Amigos has worked as a club DJ and music promoter, and he’s traveled throughout Japan holding live performances, art workshops, and exhibitions to support local revitalization activities.

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Aundre Larrow

Principal Visual Artist | Darling Street LLC

Aundre is a photographer, art director, creative and social strategist, and former Adobe Creative Resident who’s based in Brooklyn, NY.

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Danii Pollehn

Illustrator and Adobe Stock Artist Development Fund recipient

Developing themes and imagery that celebrate the natural female form, Danii works in a range of media creating paintings, printed editions, digital illustrations, and pattern designs.

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Derick Rhodes

VP of Marketing | Vimeo

Derick is an experienced filmmaker who manages a wide range of initiatives related to Vimeo’s partner program for video pros.

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Eric Snowden

VP of Design | Adobe

Eric leads a product design team responsible for Adobe's Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Enterprise solutions crossing all of Adobe's core business units.

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Keni Thacker

Founder and Chief Creative Officer | 100 Roses From Concrete

Named top DEI consultant by Business Insider, Keni helps companies show up with purpose where art and commerce meet and humanity often falls short.

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Kyle Webster

Senior Design Evangelist | Adobe

Kyle is an award-winning and widely published illustrator whose best-selling digital brushes were the first to be officially licensed by Adobe for inclusion in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Fresco.

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Emery Wells

Co-founder and VP, Digital Products, Frame.io | Adobe

The co-founder and CEO of Frame.io, Emery is now a VP at Adobe as well as a tech entrepreneur involved in filmmaking, post-production, and computer graphics.

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Maria Yap

VP of Digital Imaging | Adobe

Maria combines meaningful customer insights with best-in-class software engineering practices to lead a highly collaborative, cross-functional team at Adobe.

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