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Anyone who’s ever written anything online is familiar with stock images. It is through sites like Shutterstock, Pixabay and Pexels that authors can source images for their articles without having to part with a lot of money.

Considering that it is largely free, the vast array of photographs and illustrations are quite impressive.

It’s not a bad deal either. In fact, Business Insider recently featured a stock photographer who earns £ 6,000 from a single image.

However, even with the resources available, some stories are difficult to illustrate. For those of us who write about science and technology, the concepts we describe can sometimes be a bit abstract. For example, if you are looking for a photo to illustrate a psychological disorder or a virtual currency like Bitcoin.

In these cases, it helps when some photographers and designers are inventive and create abstract photos from their imaginations, or take ideas from popular culture.

Business Insider spoke to two stock image contributors, Andrew Ostrovsky and Sam Whitton, who have portfolios on Shutterstock, to find out what inspires their designs and where their work often ends up being used.

While setting up a website, Christina Morillo and Stephanie Morillo (no relationship) noticed something. There are few images of women of color in technology on the Internet.

As a Latina in the cybersecurity industry who actively supports other women of color in tech, Christina has teamed up with Stephanie to launch a website filled with images of women of color in various tech roles. They not only created the website, but also recruited friends and colleagues as models and organized the photoshoots. The images were made available for download by anyone; the only request being an appropriate attribution to the site.

There is a growing movement to create more images of people of color engaged in tech, and not just to show a black person holding a smartphone. Many color tech leaders recognize the need to show men and women of color in startups, working in data centers, building code, and other professional tech roles.

Jopwell, a career start-up focused on connecting job applicants from under-represented communities with employers, is also taking action with various stock images. On Tuesday he announced the launch of “The Jopwell Collection”, ?? an online repository of over 100 stock images of ethnic professionals at work.

“Our community is often not represented – or is distorted – in corporate archival photography. It can be difficult to envision your career potential, when the people who look like you are not represented in [the]Â Images of the modern workplace, especially in representations of boardrooms and executive positions, ”Porter Braswell, CEO and co-founder of Jopwell, said via email.

“The Jopwell collection is a step towards change. We share these images to create visibility for our community of Black, Latino / Hispanic and Native American professionals while providing free access to content creators, media and agencies, marketers and human resources professionals in businesses. to download images that depict the representation towards which we are working. As a career platform for Black, Latino / Hispanic and Native American students and professionals, Jopwell provides its members with resources to open up opportunities, and we see these images of outstanding professionals from our community in the workplace as an opportunity to advance the national dialogue, and support the change we are working towards, ”he said.

The photos of the Jopwell collection can be downloaded by anyone. Jopwell encourages companies to use “representative images when searching for illustrations on their websites or other corporate documents.”