Wednesday, September 23, 2020

[illustrations and photos of people from minoritized groups]

Graphic of group of black men and women in office, from Black Illustrations.com


Minoritized groups are often under-represented in images, whether advertising, magazine articles, or generic images used in reports and brochures.

BlackIllustrations.com is one site that offers illustrations of Black people in different contexts, including office, medical, STEM, education and more. Some sets are free; others have a cost.

https://www.BlackIllustrations.com


Education Pack promo image, from BlackIllustrations.com, showing Black people in a variety of educational contexts and activities

(Above: some education-related images from BlackIllustrations.com)


Picture of seated Black man holding his child, and holding a children's book. Photo from nappy.co
nappy.co is a site that has excellent photos of Black and Brown people, free, for commercial and personal use. 

Collections include Tiny Humans, "Breathe, Stretch, Shake, All Hands, Black in Green Spaces, Food for the Soul, Women at Work, The Perfect Holiday, All Black Lives Matter, I's Married Now, and Good Hair.

https://nappy.co


The Gender Spectrum Collection

A non-binary femme with blue hair, on the phone, in a gender neutral bathroom with blue tiles and a sign indicating Gender Neutral Washroom. From Vice Gender Spectrum Collection. CC BY-NC-ND4.0
Vice Gender Photos Collection
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

"The Gender Spectrum Collection is a stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models that go beyond the clichés. This collection aims to help media better represent members of these communities as people not necessarily defined by their gender identities—people with careers, relationships, talents, passions, and home lives."

https://genderphotos.vice.com/