Street art graffiti is unfortunately a copyright issue. Other stock sites will reject if graffiti is present -unless you have a release. (At least in the States it seems to be a problem, and cars are a problem as well if they are in the photo)! This topic on rejections appears a lot on here. This question has been asked many times. Adobe says that human eyes are doing the reviewing, not by a computer algorithm - I believe them. They do give information on reasons for rejection: Quality and technical issues rejected at Adobe Stock However, you may not find it very informative, (I guess you have looked at this) but it is a good guideline. If you really understand photography, and Adobe give a brief reason for rejection, then you should be able to work out what to look for - although it can be a bit hard at times. Adobe shouldn't have to indicate all the reasons. Also, if they were to write the reasons for rejection, then the review process could take ages, and then contributors will complain that the review process is taking too long! Not to mention that the photo may have more than one rejection category! Adobe have their standards - most other stock sites accept almost anything! Therefore a lot of people get surprised when their images get rejected here!. As for the appeal process, I think this would be opening Pandora's box! Bearing in mind Adobe wants high quality images, they HAVE to have a review process in order to 'select the best raisins'. Isn't that the point of reviewing? I am a contributor and have been uploading for a year and at first I also found some of their rejections frustrating - it still is. It just teaches you to submit better raisins!
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