Credits
Every image on this site, and where it came from
Photography is licensed, recorded and reviewed before it ships. This page is generated from the same registry the site renders from, so it cannot drift out of date.
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- assets in use
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- licence types
- 11
- rejected in review
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- unlicensed assets
Licence terms in force
Unsplash. Photos may be used commercially without permission or attribution. They may not be sold unmodified, nor used to build a competing or similar service. Attribution is offered here voluntarily.
People and property. Photographs containing recognisable individuals are used editorially to depict learning. No endorsement of Polaris by any photographed person is implied or claimed. Portraits standing in for instructors and learners are placeholders for a demonstration product and would be replaced with photography of the real people before any production launch.
Envato Elements and Freepik. No assets from these sources are currently in use. Adding one requires its own registry entry recording the licence type, the purchasing account, the item ID and — for Envato — the project-specific licence registration, since those licences are granted per end product.
Asset registry
77 assets, each reviewed visually before inclusion.
| Source | Subject | Where it is used | Restrictions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Three young adults working together over laptops at a café table. | Homepage hero composition; Section 02 'The Solution'. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Students gathered around a laptop in a library reading room. | Course catalog — Study Groups; About page. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Presenter addressing a seated audience with a projected slide. | Section 05 'Create'; instructor marketing. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Four students in conversation around a table with a tablet. | Homepage community proof; Programs page. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Close crop of hands writing in notebooks at a shared table. | Section 01 'The Problem'; assignment features. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Teacher at a whiteboard with students seated at desks. | Education vertical on the Enterprise page. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Graduates in gowns throwing caps against a city skyline at dusk. | Section 07 'Achieve'; certificates feature. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Figure walking between tall library shelves. | About page; catalog depth imagery. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Hand writing notes beside a coffee cup and notebook. | Notes and assignment features. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Diverse students seated in a classroom, one standing with books. | Programs page; learner testimonials. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Hand writing an integral equation on a whiteboard. | Data and quantitative course cards. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Hands mid-gesture in discussion beside an open laptop. | AI tutor section; mentoring features. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Engineer with a tablet beside illuminated server racks. | Cloud and infrastructure course cards; Enterprise page. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Team working around a long table in a warm timber room. | Enterprise page; team learning. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Facilitator at a wall of sticky notes leading a workshop. | Section 05 'Create'; product courses. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Overhead view of a shared desk covered in laptops and devices. | Section 06 'Measure'; collaboration. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Four colleagues gathered around a laptop in a bright office. | Enterprise page; team dashboards. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Four women in conversation around a café table. | Leadership and mentoring course cards. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Five students seated outdoors, smiling toward camera. | About page; community section. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Team of six working on laptops around a wooden table. | Section 09 'Enterprise'. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Colleagues at desks in an open-plan office. | Enterprise page; admin experience. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Two people shaking hands in an office. | Enterprise page — partnerships and onboarding. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Two developers reviewing code together at a monitor. | Engineering course cards; pair-programming lessons. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Two developers at adjacent desks with external monitors. | Engineering track imagery. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Person using a chat interface across laptop and phone. | AI assistant section. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Two people pointing at a laptop screen together. | Onboarding and support imagery. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Two people annotating a notebook between two laptops. | Analytics and reporting imagery. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Clinician in a white coat holding a phone. | Healthcare compliance vertical. | Recognisable people present; no model release relied upon. Used editorially to depict learning, never to imply endorsement of Polaris by any individual. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Tax forms, calculator and pen on a desk. | Finance and compliance course cards. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Engineer sketching technical drawings at a workbench. | Manufacturing and engineering vertical. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Laptop on a counter beside a floor-to-ceiling office window. | Enterprise page; quiet section backgrounds. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Earth photographed from orbit at night, city lights visible. | Section 09 'Enterprise' — global scale; brand night-sky motif. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Macro photograph of a circuit board. | AI and systems course cards. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Illuminated circuit schematic on glass. | AI platform page. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Server racks with patch cabling, low light. | Cloud infrastructure courses; security page. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Code editor beside a React starter page on a monitor. | Front-end engineering course cards. React logo is an open-source project mark used incidentally. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Close crop of syntax-highlighted code with warm bokeh. | Engineering course cards. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Close crop of code on a dark editor theme. | Engineering course cards. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Code on a monitor photographed at an angle. | Engineering course cards. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Dual-monitor desk at night, code on one screen. | AI section background; dark-mode imagery. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Analytics dashboard with charts on a dark screen. | Section 06 'Measure'; analytics features. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Analytics dashboard on a laptop in a bright room. | Admin and reporting features. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Macro of a green line chart on a display. | Progress and analytics accents. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Printed colour swatches beside a tablet showing design sketches. | Design course cards; design system page. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Hand sketching a wireframe layout on paper. | UX course cards; Section 05 'Create'. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Overhead designer's desk with wireframes and devices. | Design track imagery. | No recognisable individuals. No third-party trademarks visible in the crop used. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Studio or environmental portrait of an adult. | Instructor profile photograph on course cards, instructor pages and the About page. | Recognisable individual. Used to depict a fictional instructor persona in a product demonstration. No endorsement by the photographed person is implied or claimed. Replace with photography of the real instructor before any production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
| Unsplash added 2026-09-04 | Portrait of an adult. | Learner avatar in demo data, avatar stacks and testimonial cards. | Recognisable individual. Used as a placeholder avatar for fictional demo learners. No endorsement implied. Replace before production launch. |
Rejected during review
Kept on the record so the same decisions are not re-litigated. Every candidate image was looked at before it was accepted or rejected — these did not survive that pass.
- Rejected
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Apple on a stack of books with ABC blocks — the exact cheesy education cliché the brand direction rules out.
- Rejected
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Corporate high-five in an office — staged stock cliché.
- Rejected
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Stacked 'team hands' — staged stock cliché.
- Rejected
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Humanoid robot on a bench — literal AI cliché; the brief calls for human + AI, not robots.
- Rejected
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3D 'AI' lettering — on-the-nose and already ubiquitous.
- Rejected
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Green Matrix code rain — dated cliché.
- Rejected
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Third-party software trademarks clearly visible.
- Rejected
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Third-party branded web page visible on the monitor.
- Rejected
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Fashion editorial framing — wrong register for an instructor headshot.
- Rejected
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Beauty editorial framing — wrong register for an instructor headshot.
- Rejected
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URL returns 404 — no longer available on Unsplash.