Diversity: Do We Have The Right Images?

Posted on 12/9/2016 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (1)

I was recently asked by an African American stock photo customer why the stock photo industry doesn’t do a better job of showing diversity. I was surprised by the question and didn’t know how to answer.

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Hans Halberstadt Posted Dec 10, 2016
We put a great deal of effort into recruiting actors who are AA and find very few who are suitable. We use several ways including a casting service and have a high priority on the AA role and test every good candidate. But we get very few AA men who have the appropriate look for our kind of stock production -- clean-cut, short hair, no facial hair, athletic build. We have very good results with Hispanic and Asian, but not AA.

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