Adobe has announced that Santiago Lyon has joined
Adobe Stock as the first director of editorial content. In this newly created role, Santiago will lead Adobe Stock’s editorial content strategy and collection, working with world-class photojournalists, documentary photographers, editorial providers and media.
In June Adobe announced new partnerships with Reuters; sports photos from USA Today to that will bolster the editorial offering in its collection. Reuters is expected to initially provide 12 million editorial images and 1 million video clips representing 26,000 hours of video,
Santiago brings more than 30 years of experience as an industry executive and award-winning photojournalist – including two World Press Photo prizes on conflict and the Bayeux prize for war photography. Under his direction, the AP earned three of its 31 Pulitzer Prizes for photography, for work in Iraq, the West Bank and Syria.
Santiago has traveled the world for 20 years documenting everything from politics and sports to war and conflict and served as AP’s global director of photography for 13 years.
Santiago’s passion and perspective reflects a lifetime of taking on new challenges with journalistic integrity – a passion that will continue to propel Adobe’s commitment to delivering the most compelling and newsworthy visuals to creatives worldwide.
For more about Santiago’s new role and the future of editorial storytelling at Adobe check out
this link.