We can’t tell you what the benefit might be for you specifically, but we’ve learned from talking to some of the other creators that they submit for a few different reasons. These generally include:
Giving back. A lot of the creatives want to give back to a community that’s given a lot to them. For example, your computer, the internet, your smartphone, most websites, wouldn’t exist (entirely or, at least, in their current form) it weren’t for the open-source movement.
Visibility. Another reason creators submit a few of their images is that they have a large number of photos that just sit on their personal hard-drives or on Flickr. They’d rather share them and have them seen by a large community, than gather dust.
Exposure. Sharing photos on Unsplash can give significant exposure for a freelance business or personal work. We’ve heard a lot of stories of people hiring freelance creators through Unsplash.
Here are a few articles written by contributors within our community that might give you further insight: