Lists of Black Creatives to Hire and Support

# Hire Black Photographers — This was originally a massive Google Doc and is now a website listing hundreds of self-identified Black photographers, sorted by location (300+ specifically covering protests, and 700+ to hire in general). You can apply to add yourself to the list over here.

Black Women Photographers — A global community and directory of Black women and non-binary photographers.

Illustrator Hub — hire Black illustrators for your next project.

BIPOC Studios — Another growing Google Doc list of BIPOC owned studios (architecture, graphic design, industrial design, engineering, landscape).

Deloris — A database of BIPOC creatives available for paid hire.

Pro Bono Services

Design for Black Lives — 600+ designers have signed up here already! If you’re a designer and want to offer pro bono services specifically to organizers, BIPOC and BIPOC small business owners, for the purpose of creating accessible materials for the Black Lives Matter movement, sign up here. If you’re looking for pro bono help, fill out the Pro Bono BLM Design Request Form here. If you can afford to hire a creative please consider using one of the resources in the section above!

Pro Bono Artist Consulting for BIPOC Visual Artists — Raydene Salinas Hansen is the senior visuals editor and photo producer at Cosmopolitan and has nearly a decade of experience hiring artists, negotiating rights and rates. She loves looking at contracts so if you are a BIPOC artist at any point in your career without an agent to speak up for your needs when communicating with companies she is currently offering project-based services pro bono (limited space).

Approaching Your own Creative Practice

The Photographer’s Guide to Inclusive Photography — Photoshelter and Authority Collective put together this helpful guide full of insights and questions photographers should ask themselves before their next project.

Additional Links

One School — A free 16-week online portfolio school for Black creatives. Open for applications until Aug 16.

Bid Black — A filmmaking-focused non-profit platform devoted to showcasing Black creativity and normalizing representation in the ad industry. Use this resource to find Black directors, cinematographers, and editors.

The Black Parade Route — This directory on Beyoncé’s website promotes Black-owned businesses, and the first couple pages are all artists and designers. Created and curated by @ZerinaAkers with @black.owned.everything.

Your Black Friends Are Busy — A growing resource for learning about anti-racism. Among the helpful links is a section dedicated to podcasts.

Art + Photos + Things For Sale (100% proceeds donated)

I know that there’s an argument that it’s better to donate directly to causes rather than indirectly through the purchase of a print or a t-shirt. But I still think there is value in initiatives that try to draw in people who may not otherwise donate. *We will remove fundraisers/sales that are no longer active.

See In Black — a collective of Black photographers who uplift and invest in Black visibility. This particular charity photo initiative features the work of 80+ Black photographers, with 100% of the profits from the sale going to support five key pillars of Black advancement: civil rights, education/arts, intersectionality, community building, and criminal justice reform. ***This print sale is now finished but they are continuing to feature Black photographers on Instagram.

Keep Going World — Originally created as a virtual gallery to sell prints by cinematographers and directors to support filmmakers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the site is now donating 100% of proceeds from all remaining sales to Color of Change. Photo by Jeremy Snell.