I'm an author, and I'm wondering if you guys know why it's so difficult to find non-white male models. There are hundreds of white models... but I'm having a heck of a time finding an african male model who fits with my story (mixed race, younger, handsome, serious.)

If you have any tips where to find that sort of stock, I'm open.  I'm willing to pay more for the right image, but if I'm completely honest, really my budget dictates I only license images from sites like DepositPhotos. I've looked into getting custom shoots, or licensing photos from photographers, but I can't afford hundreds or thousands of dollars for a very limited use license.

So, in the end, I'm just wondering why non-white models are so difficult to find on microstock sites. All my author friends talk about this all the time. We'd be snapping up pics that feature non-white models and couples.

I'm an author, and I'm wondering if you guys know why it's so difficult to find non-white male models. There are hundreds of white models... but I'm having a heck of a time finding an african male model who fits with my story (mixed race, younger, handsome, serious.)

If you have any tips where to find that sort of stock, I'm open.  I'm willing to pay more for the right image, but if I'm completely honest, really my budget dictates I only license images from sites like DepositPhotos. I've looked into getting custom shoots, or licensing photos from photographers, but I can't afford hundreds or thousands of dollars for a very limited use license.

So, in the end, I'm just wondering why non-white models are so difficult to find on microstock sites. All my author friends talk about this all the time. We'd be snapping up pics that feature non-white models and couples.

I have a ton of Good Looking Black and African American Male (and female) models here

http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?lang=en&language=en&ref_site=photo&search_source=search_form&version=llv1&anyorall=all&safesearch=1&search_tracking_id=KP6pfI5rmyHf0Ibfh-AiqA&searchterm=black+guy&show_color_wheel=1&orient=&commercial_ok=&media_type=images&search_cat=&searchtermx=&photographer_name=mikeledray&people_gender=&people_age=&people_ethnicity=&people_number=&color=


Hopefully you can find what you need in my gallery
Let me know if you have a Specific look or need, I may already have it or be able to shoot it for you on spec.

Thank
Mike

There seems to be very little effort to load up on non-white male models. However, there seems to be very few non-white male photographers and illustrators from what I've seen. I find the same thing as an illustrator. So I make many of my people non-white. Growing up, I always lamented not seeing positive images with such models. So I've made it a point to create more of them on my own. Suffice it to say, I have lots of sales for them in Africa, South Asia and parts of the Americas. 

I'm an author, and I'm wondering if you guys know why it's so difficult to find non-white male models. There are hundreds of white models... but I'm having a heck of a time finding an african male model who fits with my story (mixed race, younger, handsome, serious.)

If you have any tips where to find that sort of stock, I'm open.  I'm willing to pay more for the right image, but if I'm completely honest, really my budget dictates I only license images from sites like DepositPhotos. I've looked into getting custom shoots, or licensing photos from photographers, but I can't afford hundreds or thousands of dollars for a very limited use license.

So, in the end, I'm just wondering why non-white models are so difficult to find on microstock sites. All my author friends talk about this all the time. We'd be snapping up pics that feature non-white models and couples.

Not sure what you want the model to be doing.  Are you looking for a business pose, or more daily activities?  If you wanted to be more specific I am sure most of us could direct you to good examples.

In general, you have identified an important hole in the stock collections, and I am sure a number of people will be taking that into account and trying to fill it. 

Hope this doesn't count as pimping, but I have several African-American male models in medical settings, and educational settings, including both kids and adults.  If that's what you're looking for you can PM me and I will send you some links. 

In seconds i found 16500 images in shutter writting "african family" and 76600 images writting "african man".

Is not hard.

I have a real answer:  I live in the whitest place on the planet!  (I do have a couple models but not what you are looking for though.)  I moved to central Canada from Toronto and the lack-of-diversity was shocking! 

Hopefully the OP will return with more comments...

I'm an author, and I'm wondering if you guys know why it's so difficult to find non-white male models. There are hundreds of white models... but I'm having a heck of a time finding an african male model who fits with my story (mixed race, younger, handsome, serious.)

If you have any tips where to find that sort of stock, I'm open.  I'm willing to pay more for the right image, but if I'm completely honest, really my budget dictates I only license images from sites like DepositPhotos. I've looked into getting custom shoots, or licensing photos from photographers, but I can't afford hundreds or thousands of dollars for a very limited use license.

So, in the end, I'm just wondering why non-white models are so difficult to find on microstock sites. All my author friends talk about this all the time. We'd be snapping up pics that feature non-white models and couples.

Several in my portfolio on Deposit Photos
http://depositphotos.com/portfolio-1024641.html

Funny, from the limited description given, this was pretty exactly what I imagined he was asking for.  Nice looking model and pose.  Hope you get the sale.

If not I agree with Sean.  More direction frm the OP would be helpful.

I think an author looking for something like that would find it easily.  I'm imagining some other kind of writing.  Romance, life advice, travel, etc.

My second-best-selling editorial image.

HI AEK,

If you are still having trouble you might want to check out www.blendimages.com we specialize in ethnic lifestyle content. You can buy direct or you can find our content at the top 90 resellers in Macro stock. Best of luck.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Or admit it was some kind of troll to get people to pimp their images. So lets see, you create a fake account, then post a challenging question (which is wrong) and a dozen people splash their People of Color photos. Plus the real account of the OP can also direct attention to his collection...

Hopefully the OP will return with more comments...

Reminds me of some professor who wanted to point out the injustice of no Chinese people showing in the driving of the golden spike photos, when they were so important to the building of the transcontinental railroad.

People look for things to be wrong, which tends to create the impression that something is wrong. Often when there's no problem in the first place.

BTW Some Chinese workers are in the photo and the Asian crews were invited to a private dining car for the celebration. The Chinese workers were elsewhere getting their own, well deserved honors, for the hard work and making it possible to complete on schedule.

Why is it so hard to find stock with non-white male models?

To the OP, It's not hard, so what's the real reason for posting this?


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