Introducing nappy: beautiful, hi-res photos of black and brown people

For many of us who are in tech, media, marketing, and corporate America, photos play a big role in our day-to-day. We’re constantly searching for and utilizing images for presentations, UI mockups, banner ads, and more. As a photographer and a UI/UX designer, I, especially, understand the importance of images in the work that we do.

That's why I love and will always be a fan of platforms like Unsplash and Pexels—where amazing photographers from all around the world provide their photos to brands, small businesses, and freelancers for free.

My team and I try to be very intentional about cultural representation in the work that we do at boogie (mktg consultancy) and SHADE (influencer mgmt agency) but when we search for things like 'coffee' or 'computers’ on those platforms, it's difficult to find people who actually look like us in the search results.

But here’s the thing— we drink coffee, we use computers, we eat salads...

Then, we realized we weren’t the only ones who had this problem. As a result, we decided to launch nappy.

nappy is a website dedicated to providing beautiful, high-res photos of black and brown people to creatives, startups, brands, and agencies— absolutely free. nappy makes the search a little bit easier, for companies who are looking to be more purposeful about representation in their designs, presentations decks, and advertisements.

Did I mention the photos were beautiful? Because they are. Go check them out at nappy.co.

If you want to learn more about nappy, read our feature on Blavity.com.

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Jacques is the CEO of SHADE, an influencer agency that manages and represents black and brown creators. They've paired brands like Crown Royal, Sally Beauty, Square Cash, and McDonald's with influential content creators to reach a more niche and diverse audience.