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Jacques H. Bastien
nappy β€” Beautiful, high-res photos of black and brown people
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nappy is a website dedicated to providing free, beautiful, high-res photography of black and brown people to creatives, startups, brands, and agencies. nappy makes it easy for companies to be purposeful about representation in their designs, presentations, and advertisements.

Features/bugs/roadmap:

nappy.co/features

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Bryce Daniel
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Cliff Dailey
Beautiful product!
Andrew Smith
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.
Jordan Krueger
Thank you for this awesome resource – I'm passing it on to everyone I know!
Nicholas Sheriff

This is simply outstanding!

Pros:

Give people of color representation without a loss in quality

Cons:

Needs more images tied to additional categories

Nicholas Sheriff
@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!
Jacques H. Bastien
@nicholassheriff appreciate you man! ✊🏾
Guillaume Flandre
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.
Jacques H. Bastien
@gflandre yes TONL.co is great. We’re on similar missions. The only difference is that our photos are gifted from photographers but you’ll find some amazing photos from them as well.
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I love this.
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The name is polarizing though
Harrison Wheeler
I've already seen a few of these photos floating around the internet. Good stuff.
Dun

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.

Jacques H. Bastien
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 @Pexelsβ€” 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
Ben Thompson
@jacqueshbastien Jacques β€” fantastic idea and execution. I really appreciate what you're doing here. Sorry to see the ignorance you're having to deal with, but you're handling it well. Bookmarked! πŸ™Œ
Matthew Boogaard
@jacqueshbastien Brilliant idea! Personally I think "nappy" hair is really cool and I'm totally jealous as I would love a fro! Not sure if you know that "nappy" is also what a diaper is called in British English.
Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen
Hi. This is an important idea and some excellent pictures. But, I do not get the name at all. Why?
Jacques H. Bastien
@ebrahimkhalil great question! 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.
Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen
@jacqueshbastien - WOW! This is the story to tell. (maybe on your about page). I learned something.
Jacques H. Bastien
@ebrahimkhalil that means a lot! I should def expand our nappy.co/why page with the above πŸ€”
Oliver Christie
Pros: Good idea and very much needed. Time to compete with Getty! Cons: Got to change the name. Nappy is the name for a diaper in the UK.
Sam Sexton
Looks interesting, but as a Brit it's worth mentioning that the word 'Nappy' = 'Diaper' to me
Jacques H. Bastien
@samsexton we thought hard and ling before deciding that this WAS the perfect name for us. If you look at my msg above (or below lol) I explain the significance of our name.
Andy

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

Daniel Adeyanju

Thanks for investing in this important work!

Pros:

Finally, an easy way to get stock images of black people

Cons:

Need more pics and categories

Jordan
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Julie Chabin
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.
Jacques H. Bastien
@syswarren Julie this is an amazing idea, thanks for sharing. This is NOT a business to us nor will it ever be about profits. Our only goal is to get this out to as many people as possible in hopes of increasing representation of POC in media. A partnership like that would only help us get to our goal. (Hope you're listening, Unsplash πŸ˜€)