diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Image/Image.LoadPixelData.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Image/Image.LoadPixelData.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75aa318bed
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+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Image/Image.LoadPixelData.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// <copyright file="Image.LoadPixelData.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace ImageSharp
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.IO;
+    using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+    using System.Threading.Tasks;
+    using Formats;
+    using ImageSharp.Memory;
+    using ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+
+    /// <content>
+    /// Adds static methods allowing the creation of new image from raw pixel data.
+    /// </content>
+    public static partial class Image
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a new instance of the <see cref="Image{TPixel}"/> class from the raw <typeparamref name="TPixel"/> data.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="data">The byte array containing image data.</param>
+        /// <param name="width">The width of the final image.</param>
+        /// <param name="height">The height of the final image.</param>
+        /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
+        /// <returns>A new <see cref="Image{TPixel}"/>.</returns>
+        public static Image<TPixel> LoadPixelData<TPixel>(Span<TPixel> data, int width, int height)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+            => LoadPixelData(Configuration.Default, data, width, height);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a new instance of the <see cref="Image{TPixel}"/> class from the given byte array in <typeparamref name="TPixel"/> format.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="data">The byte array containing image data.</param>
+        /// <param name="width">The width of the final image.</param>
+        /// <param name="height">The height of the final image.</param>
+        /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
+        /// <returns>A new <see cref="Image{TPixel}"/>.</returns>
+        public static Image<TPixel> LoadPixelData<TPixel>(Span<byte> data, int width, int height)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+            => LoadPixelData<TPixel>(Configuration.Default, data, width, height);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a new instance of the <see cref="Image{TPixel}"/> class from the given byte array in <typeparamref name="TPixel"/> format.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="config">The config for the decoder.</param>
+        /// <param name="data">The byte array containing image data.</param>
+        /// <param name="width">The width of the final image.</param>
+        /// <param name="height">The height of the final image.</param>
+        /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
+        /// <returns>A new <see cref="Image{TPixel}"/>.</returns>
+        public static Image<TPixel> LoadPixelData<TPixel>(Configuration config, Span<byte> data, int width, int height)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+            => LoadPixelData(config, data.NonPortableCast<byte, TPixel>(), width, height);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a new instance of the <see cref="Image{TPixel}"/> class from the raw <typeparamref name="TPixel"/> data.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="config">The config for the decoder.</param>
+        /// <param name="data">The Span containing the image Pixel data.</param>
+        /// <param name="width">The width of the final image.</param>
+        /// <param name="height">The height of the final image.</param>
+        /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
+        /// <returns>A new <see cref="Image{TPixel}"/>.</returns>
+        public static Image<TPixel> LoadPixelData<TPixel>(Configuration config, Span<TPixel> data, int width, int height)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+        {
+            int count = width * height;
+            Guard.MustBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(data.Length, width * height, nameof(data));
+            var image = new Image<TPixel>(config, width, height);
+            var dest = new Span<TPixel>(image.Pixels, 0, count);
+
+            SpanHelper.Copy(data, dest, count);
+
+            return image;
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Image/ImageLoadTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Image/ImageLoadTests.cs
index 4cdf529e6d..7a5b8ffc53 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Image/ImageLoadTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Image/ImageLoadTests.cs
@@ -526,6 +526,48 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Tests
             this.localDecoder.Verify(x => x.Decode<Rgba32>(Configuration.Default, this.DataStream, this.decoderOptions));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void LoadFromPixelData_Pixels()
+        {
+            var img = Image.LoadPixelData<Rgba32>(new Rgba32[] {
+                Rgba32.Black, Rgba32.White,
+                Rgba32.White, Rgba32.Black,
+            }, 2, 2);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(img);
+            using (var px = img.Lock())
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(Rgba32.Black, px[0, 0]);
+                Assert.Equal(Rgba32.White, px[0, 1]);
+
+                Assert.Equal(Rgba32.White, px[1, 0]);
+                Assert.Equal(Rgba32.Black, px[1, 1]);
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void LoadFromPixelData_Bytes()
+        {
+            var img = Image.LoadPixelData<Rgba32>(new byte[] {
+                0,0,0,255, // 0,0
+                255,255,255,255, // 0,1
+                255,255,255,255, // 1,0
+                0,0,0,255, // 1,1
+            }, 2, 2);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(img);
+            using (var px = img.Lock())
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(Rgba32.Black, px[0, 0]);
+                Assert.Equal(Rgba32.White, px[0, 1]);
+
+                Assert.Equal(Rgba32.White, px[1, 0]);
+                Assert.Equal(Rgba32.Black, px[1, 1]);
+
+            }
+        }
+
         public void Dispose()
         {
             // clean up the global object;