Ellen Desmarais

iStockphoto offers easy, affordable inspiration with millions of vetted, royalty-free photos, illustrations, video, audio and Flash files. Using the most advanced search in the business, customers download a file every second from a collection of more than six million files for business, marketing and personal projects. iStockphoto started in 2000, pioneering the micropayment photography business model, and has become the successful and profitable user-generated content sites in the world. iStockphoto pays out more than $1.7 million weekly in artist royalties. iStockphoto is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Getty Images

500px, Inc. operates a photo sharing platform for photographers. It allows users to discover, share, buy, and sell photos. The company was founded by Evgeny Tchebotarev in October 2009 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.