i think you can still do it. Just seed your initial site with curated istockphotos. Those sites have so many photos, that if you search for a simple phrase, you

i think you can still do it. Just seed your initial site with curated istockphotos. Those sites have so many photos, that if you search for a simple phrase, you'll end up with 15,000 results. And if you look at the first 200 pages or so, you'll see the same photos that you see all over the web. If you curated the photos to create a list of 1,000 photos you'd have something to offer. Then just offer photographers a chance to submit their photos to your site. Bam you solved the chicken and egg problem, and offer something that the big sites don't offer.