nappy — Beautiful, high-res photos of black and brown people

It's sometimes difficult to find good photographies of black and brown people, and as a consequence, they are not represented as they should online. I always try to be careful to show diversity with the websites I design, but it can be challenging. This initiative is truly appreciated. Thank you! Also, do you think a partnership with mainstream platforms like Unsplash would be possible? This way, those beautiful pictures could be available to people who aren't looking for them specifically.

@jacqueshbastien As a product designer for 10 years who's a minority Jacques this is the single most important offerings I have ever seen not just on PH but in the tech community as a whole, it is something I've been trying to advocate and have desired for all of these years! Man I could tell you some crazy stories man but I'm sure you have your own....actual depression working on projects because I can't even have representation of my FUCKIN self in my own freakin products man not just with clients. Hit me up anytime I'd love to see how I can help you and be apart of this in any way! This needs to be everywhere. Representation matters!

This is simply outstanding!

Pros:

Give people of color representation without a loss in quality

Cons:

Needs more images tied to additional categories

Update - we explain our name (below). Update #2 - Features, bugs, roadmap (below).. ----------- Hey, everyone! My name is Jacques and I'm one of the creators of nappy! For many of us who are in tech, media, or corporate America, images play a big role in our day-to-day. We’re constantly searching for and utilizing photos for presentations, UI mockups, display ads, etc. As a photographer and a UI/UX designer, I especially know this to be true. That's why I love and will always be a fan of platforms like @Unsplash and @Pexels— amazing photographers from all around the world gifting their photos to brands, small businesses, freelancers, etc. My team and I try to be very intentional about cultural representation in the work that we do at our mktg agency (http://boogie.co) and our influencer mgmt agency (http://shade.co). But when searching for things like 'coffee' or 'computers,’ it's always hard to find someone who looked like me in the search results. I drink coffee, I use computers, I play the guitar, I parkour, etc. Still, it's extremely difficult to find photos of people of color on many stock photography websites (free or not). We knew that we weren't the only ones who noticed the shortage of POC in stock photography; that's why we launched nappy. nappy is a resource for beautiful, high-res photos of black and brown people available for absolutely free. Our hope is to make it easier for you to be intentional about diversity and representation in your work. I'm available all day for additional questions. Ps. You all have already shared so many ways we can improve on nappy and we're very thankful for that! Our developers will be reviewing and implementing updates and changes as your suggestions roll in. F.A.Q: 1. @ebrahimkhalil - Hi. This is an important idea ... I do not get the name at all. Why? A: In the African American community, the word 'nappy' refers to thick, coarse hair. It’s one of those words that has been used to describe black hair for ages, and many times it can have a negative connotation. My hair was called nappy all throughout JHS and HS and though it didn't make me feel great at the time, I now realize it wasn't personal. Somehow, we've been taught from a very young age that our hair, our skin, or we as humans weren't beautiful. So, we wanted to reclaim the word, and connect it to beautiful images of black and brown people. In other words, it's okay that our hair is nappy. That's the beauty of it. ------ Thank you for sharing all of your feature ideas and bugs with us. We've created a page you can use to follow along. www.nappy.co/features

Loved the idea, I hope you guys grow and include more scenarios. Will use this for sure!

Pros:

👏🏼 👏🏼 This service is necessary!

Cons:

Hey, there can be better names!

Edit: I must explain why I earlier on called this concept "pure discrimination". While I personally don't think there's something wrong with the concept and promote equality where and whenever I can, the fact is that this concept would be called racist if it only represented white people. My goal was to start a discussion about the hypocrisy we're facing in todays media and public opinion. We live in a world where our color seems to define who we are. That's not my world. Black, white, yellow, red.. [your color], I don't care! We're human! And to quote Michael Jackson: I'm not gonna spend my life being a color"

Everyone love panda, I think this website should collect panda pictures too!

Or you are pure racism!

Pros:

Neat idea!

Cons:

This is pure racism, panda need to be on it too.

Hey, I think that's a great product! I recently stumbled upon TONL (https://tonl.co/) that seems to be a similar product, glad to see products focusing on making the web as diverse as the world.

I recently had a need for good, modern stock photos of black people and it was a struggle, so sites like this make me happy. I'm just concerned about the weight of the page and how big (in size) the thumbs are. Also it would be good if there was a search/tag functionality.

Pros:

Much needed.

Cons:

A bit slow, perhaps use smaller images for the thumbs? And add a search.

Interested to see how this grows and the community develops.

Pros:

Quickly find images from and for black/brown communities

Cons:

Narrow set of initial categories, understandably so.

You should go for long tail market and have asians, whites and more in there. Way too niche at the moment.

Great concept, but I'm more an inclusive kinda guy. Don't believe in separate worlds for different colors.

Pros:

It's unique

Cons:

This would be unacceptable if it was a service with only white people

Honestly, just try finding pictures of people in a web search or photo site that don't look eerily, homogeneously white. Most of what's available doesn't accurately represent my society or audience, and I'm glad that there's at least one new alternative.

Pros:

Fills a massive hole in representation and image availability

Cons:

It'll piss some people off

Concepts like this are great and I hope every ethnicity creates one.

Pros:

We need sites like this to help promote the diversity of the black community.

Cons:

The library still needs time to grow.

Africa start ups needs this product. We constantly face branding challenges when working on local products. So thanks.

Pros:

Providing solution to a real problem. There are seriously low free stock photos of black People on the internet today.

Cons:

Wrong name for

This is great, I have always wanted to create a product like this. I am so happy that someone has gone and done it, I will try and contribute photos if I can. I notice the hamburger menu is broken on small screens, I think the z-index is below that of the top bar. You can see a screenshot on this link edit. It seem I can't post links in comments on Product Hunt.

Hi. This is an important idea and some excellent pictures. But, I do not get the name at all. Why?

LOVE it! Have had this idea myself for such a long time. Appreciate the initiative. Thank you!

Pros:

Diversifying!

Cons:

Nothing

You should go for long tail market and have asians, whites and more in there. Way too niche at the moment.

This. Is. Amazing! Im a start-up Founder and always struggle to find High Quality, relatable and usable stock photography of black and brown people! Thanks for this.