shutterstock is an american provider of stock photography, stock footage, stock music, and editing tools; it is headquartered in new york city. founded in 2003 by programmer and photographer jon oringer, shutterstock maintains a library of around 200 million royalty-free stock photos, vector graphics, and illustrations, with around 10 million video clips and music tracks available for licensing. originally a subscription site only, shutterstock expanded beyond subscriptions into a la carte pricing in 2008. it has been publicly traded on the new york stock exchange since 2012.