I remember when I had to design several brochures for a Spanish bank, how difficult it was to find the right image for representing Latin American people in their environment and their everyday life. Almost all the images were of white people.
In the advertising agency where I worked we always asked ourselves why there weren't any stock houses shooting images of Latino's/Hispanics. We needed those kinds of images so much! If we were lucky and the client approved, we could go with an exisiting stock image, but the inconvinience was that we had to retouch and darken their hair and skin to make them look more Latino. Most of the time, we made a special shoot with a photographer to achieve what we needed.
More than 5 years has passed and now we finally have a little wider range of stock houses that can provide Latino images. That definitely improves the quality of images and helps reduce the time and money spent on retouching.
If you're looking for Latino/Hispanic stock imagery, try your luck at DigitalVision or Punchstock:
www.digitalvision.com (keyword: "latin rhythm" or "vida latina")
www.punchstock.com (keyword: "latin living" or "vida latina")
www.mira.com (keyword: "Hispanic")
www.artzooksstockphotography.com (keyword: "Hispanic")
www.epictura.com (keyword: "Lifestyle").
Comments
Thank you so much for the tip.. I thought I was never going to find a good recommendation about where to look for Hispanic pictures...
Maria: I have posted two new sites where you can find more images. Just check again the main topic!
Hi,
I've visited your site and I would be very pleased to have our site listed in your resources page under: Latino stock imagery. Below are our details. Let me know if you need any more info about us.
Thank you for your consideration,
regards,
Alison Young
alisonyoung@epictura.com
There you go Alison, epictura.com has been added to our list.
We are the largest Latino and Hispanic stock photo agency in the USA. We cover the Latino lifestyles in the USA and ALL of Latin America. We have stock images of Hispanic infants all the way up to Latino senior citizens, both Model Released and non-released for editorial or advertising and brochures as well. We also have Latino celebs for those that need it. Our website is in the middle of being redesigned. Please check us out at: www.latinfocus.com
Jimmy Dorantes-Director
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