'I Googled "white guy" and there I was': stock photo models on seeing their faces in everything from ads to ridiculous memes

Some of them posed for photos - and before they knew it they had become the face of skin lightening, bad boyfriends, penis disorders and Canadian immigration. What's it like when your image goes around the world? Stock images are everywhere, and you probably rarely notice them: on billboards and websites, plastered across adverts, groceries and print media. Shooting original photography takes time and money. Stock-image banks - which contain existing images that can be licensed for use in a flas...