BlackStockImages – Specializing in People of Color

August 28, 2015 Marco | Editor

By Lee Torrens Among the constant flurry of new stock agencies, one has recently launched (in beta) with something interesting: a super-narrow specialty, accepting only images of black people. It’s called BlackStockImages and was founded by Kenneth Wiggins, a design entrepreneur. The Market for Black Imagery As a designer, Wiggins was unhappy with the stock imagery he found featuring black people. He found the available photos… …read more

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Marco | Editor

Editor and founder of a bunch of stockphoto businesses

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