The global standard for human creativity.

Make your human work recognizable.

Your work carries your practice, experience, and judgment. Join a global community of creators, commit to your field’s standard, and help people who care about human craftsmanship recognize what you make.

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Hundreds of creators across 25+ countries on six continents.

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The Collective

The people behind the work.

Writers, artists, musicians, voice actors, and other creators bring their own experiences and ways of seeing to the Collective. We want you to meet the people and discover what they make.

Meet the whole Collective

Painter

Wendy Ballentyne

Wendy has an eye for the hidden treasures and everyday details most of us pass by.

Explore Wendy’s paintings

Voice actor & podcast host

Marco Rigazio

There’s thought, craft, and practice behind Marco’s voice performances. His podcast, The Cognitive Performer, explores the human judgment behind the work.

Explore Marco’s voice work

Songwriter, filmmaker & photographer

Bryce Alan Flurie

Bryce turns family stories into songs and helps other people preserve their own priceless legacies through music and film.

Explore Bryce’s work

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How to join

Join us. It’s simple.

You’ve put yourself into the work. Make your commitment and help the people who care about human creativity recognize it.

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Find the standard for the work you make.

Work in more than one field? You can join each.

Make your commitment.

Read your field’s standard, tell us about yourself and your work, and agree. The definitions help you work through any unfamiliar terms.

No payment is required. After you submit, you can contribute, continue free, or give later.

Put the mark on your work.

Once you’ve joined, download the mark and use it on work that meets the standard.

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See the marks and how to use them

You’ll hear from a person.

Micah writes every welcome himself. Give him a few days. You can start using the mark on qualifying work as soon as you’ve joined.

Use AI in your work?

You can use AI and still qualify. Your field’s standard explains where assistance fits. Explore the Human–AI Spectrum, or read the FAQ.

Education, organizations, and advocacy.

Bring the conversation into your classroom, make a commitment as an organization, or support human creativity as an advocate.

Why it matters

A tale of two images.

With Lange’s photograph, there was a woman, a photographer, and a moment they shared. With Eldagsen’s image, the people and the moment were generated. That difference matters.

Migrant Mother photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1936. — Migrant Mother
Photograph · Dorothea Lange, 1936
Florence Owens Thompson and her children in Nipomo, California. A moment in a family’s life.

The Electrician, an AI-generated image by Boris Eldagsen. — The Electrician
AI-generated image · Boris Eldagsen
Its subjects were not people who sat for a photograph. They were created with generative AI.

More about these images

Lange made Migrant Mother during the Great Depression in 1936. The photograph records Florence Owens Thompson and her children.

The Electrician won the Creative category of the Open competition at the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards. Eldagsen declined the award.

When you care about the person behind a photograph, a song, or a piece of writing, how it was made matters. The VerifiedHuman mark makes a creator’s commitment visible, so you can find and choose the human-made work you value.

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