Online photography community 500px has alerted one of its well-nigh prominent users, Smooth photo artist Michal Karcz, that his piece of work is no longer welcome on the platform. According to a post Karcz published on Facebook, 500px warned the creative person that 'non-photographic content' on his account is now in violation of the company'south Terms of Service.

The decision to ban Karcz's digital artwork highlights a major alter in policy for 500px, which historically not just welcomed Karcz'south piece of work, just also repeatedly praised it with multiple 'Editor's Choice' and 'Yr'south Best' designations. According to Karcz'southward Facebook post, his piece of work on 500px has received more than than 7 million views, 168k 'Angel,' and his business relationship has nearly 35,000 followers.

One of the photograph illustrations Karcz shared on his 500px account. Used with permission

Karcz's was declared a 'Photoshop primary' in an article 500px published on its blog to showcase his work. The content blends photography and digital art to nowadays viewers with unique, in some cases other-worldly, images of reality. These same images are at present in violation of the 500px guidelines, a representative antiseptic to Karcz in a second message:

Hi there, Unfortunately photomanipulations based on photography is not photography and our website in the current iteration is evolving into a purely photography website. Not only that, our terms of service crave you to be the copyright owner of the images you upload so if you're editing bits and pieces of other peoples imagery then you're in violation of that. I personally am a fan of your artwork simply unfortunately it doesn't fit within the conditions of our site at the moment.

Another photo illustration Karcz shared on his 500px business relationship. Used with permission.

Karcz's 500px account is still alive on the service at this time and nonetheless features the same 'non-photographic content.' It's unclear whether the account will be deleted, only Karcz'due south piece of work remains live on Facebook and his personal website.