Unsplash Quarterly: Best of 2018 | Winter

Recognizing exceptional contributions made by the Unsplash community from January 2018 — March 2018.

Stephanie Liverani

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7 min readApr 9, 2018

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In the past 90 days, 116,867 photos were contributed by 23,217 photographers on Unsplash. These photos were seen more than 2.8 billion times, and downloaded over 16 million times, inspiring millions of creations worldwide.

Today, we recognize the exceptional contributions made by Unsplash community members who helped make this possible in our Unsplash Quarterly: Best of 2018 | Q1 collection.

Editor’s Choice: Photos of 2018 | Q1

25 photos that made us go, ‘whoa.’ See Editor’s Choice: Photos of 2018 | Q1

In no particular order…

Editor’s Choice: Photographers of 2018 | Q1

25 photographers selected for their ability to consistently shoot impactful photography. See Editor’s Choice: Photographers of 2018 |Q1

Top 25 most viewed photos of 2018 | Q1

25 photos submitted in 2018 | Q1 and viewed more than 88 million times. See the 25 Most Viewed Photos of 2018|Q1

Shea Rouda: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (4,593,394 views)
Schalk Neethling: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (4,326,077 views)
Mikita Karasiou: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (4,266,724 views)
Chris Barbalis: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (4,204,353 views)
Grafixart: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,825,585 views)
Nathan Dumlao: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,801,658 views)
Amy Velazquez: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,685,524 views)
Kinga Cichewicz: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,671,278 views)
Red Morley Hewitt: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,591,898 views)
Isaac Davis: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,560,752 views)
Asoggetti: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,553,856 views)
Grant Ritchie: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,526,501 views)
Ali Gooya: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,501,853 views)
Paul Larkin: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,348,991 views)
Nicole Harrington: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,330,015 views)
Josh Calabrese: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,315,813 views)
Spencer Watson: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,306,600 views)
Richard Jaimes: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,198,431 views)
Simon Fitall: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,195,417 views)
Vitalis Hirschmann: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,149,465 views)
Grant Ritchie: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,129,419 views)
Eberhard Grossgasteiger: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,092,168 views)
Markos Mant: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,089,450 views)
Johnson Wang: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,064,744 views)
Jon Tyson: Most Viewed Photo of 2018 | Q1 (3,055,643 views)

Top 25 most downloaded photos of 2018 | Q1

25 photos submitted in 2018 | Q1 and downloaded more than 557,000 times. See the 25 Most Downloaded Photos of 2018|Q1

Simon Fitall: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (34,897 downloads)
Sherman Yang: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (32,212 downloads)
Asoggetti: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (27,957 downloads)
Nathan Dumlao: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (27,897 downloads)
Grafixart: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (27,891 downloads)
Vitalis Hirschmann: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (27,186 downloads)
Amy Velazquez: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (25,020 downloads)
Josh Calabrese: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (23,938 downloads)
Isaac Davis: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (23,242 downloads)
Ali Gooya: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (22,872 downloads)
Connor Wells: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (22,481 downloads)
Grant Ritchie: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (22,310 downloads)
Chris Ried: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (22,248 downloads)
Jon Tyson: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (21,232 downloads)
Eberhard Grossgasteiger: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (19,495 downloads)
Jeremy Allouche: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (18,742 downloads)
Savs: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (18,556 downloads)
Johnson Wang: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (18,335 downloads)
Mitch Geiser: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (17,725 downloads)
Red Morley Hewitt: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (17,609 downloads)
Joshua Earle: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (17,497 downloads)
Sam Beasley: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (17,413 downloads)
Paul Larkin: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (17,306 downloads)
Tim Trad: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (16,959 downloads)
Chris Holder: Most Downloaded Photo of 2018 | Q1 (16,882 downloads)

Most downloaded photographers of 2018 | Q1

25 photographers who submitted the most downloaded photos in 2018 | Q1. See the 25 Most Downloaded Photographers of 2018|Q1

Rawpixel: 393,734 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Nathan Dumlao: 265,671 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Annie Spratt: 193,257 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Chuttersnap: 129,893 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Sharon McCutcheon: 117,292 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Eberhard Grossgasteiger: 106,195 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Tyler Nix: 99,064 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Alex Perez: 89,445 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Casey Horner: 88,451 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Willian Justen de Vasconcellos: 80,297 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Toa Heftiba: 75,055 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Vidar Nordli-Mathisen: 74,222 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Thought Catalog: 67,551 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Jon Tyson: 66,157 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Savs: 61,765 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Jeremy Bishop: 60,094 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Luke Stackpoole: 58,855 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Asoggetti: 52,070 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Freestocks.org: 49,990 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Grafixart: 49,867 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Easton Oliver: 48,545 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Tom Holmes: 48,373 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Jess Watters: 48,365 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Rakicevic Nenad: 47,305 downloads in 2018 | Q1
Edgar Chaparro: 44,481 downloads in 2018 | Q1

Editor’s Choice: Community members of 2018 | Q1

25 community members selected for their exceptional contributions to improving the Unsplash community. Criteria includes the creation of useful photo collections, championing the open photography movement, and/or supporting the community in a positive way.

Big thanks to every member of the Unsplash community. It’s truly an honor to be building for you and to be growing this incredible community with you all.

The Unsplash Team