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Getty Images Wants to Make Stock Images Look Like Real Life

As one of the foremost suppliers of stock images, Getty Images hasn’t failed to notice that the way much of the world sees women has evolved since the ’90s, when it was founded. So, in recent years, the company has been making moves to reflect that. Having started to make a dent in diversifying their archives in 2017, with the British-Ghanaian photographer Campbell Addy, their latest focuses solely on female-identifying and non-binary individuals. Of course, diversity is still front and center of the 5,000-plus images that comprise Project #ShowUs, its new partnership with Dove, Girlgaze, and, most importantly, 116 photographers from 39 countries around the world. Altogether, the hope is that media, advertisers, and more Getty customers will use them as tools to reflect “the authentic experiences of women around the world,” or at least as they pertain to their four categories, which include “Contentment,” “Beauty,” and “Inspirational.” (Though presumably, all could have been simply categorized in the fourth one: “Real.”)

by W Staff
April 16, 2019 9:47 pm
young female artist filming in the desert

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Young Japanese woman seated

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Senior woman relaxing in a wooden hot tub

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Woman in all pink shopping for vegetables

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Trans woman shaving

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Woman on rooftop

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

young beautiful women doing makeup front of the mirror

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

A young woman in Salvador, Brazil

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Young Mixed Race Woman Lying in the Grass

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

A mature woman with mastectomy scars lying on the bed

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Portrait of a woman in a hijab smiling

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Sensual African American woman in a car

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

portrait of dark skin young women at the beach

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Girl training in the swimming pool

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Young woman doing makeup

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Young woman sitting in a rock in the river

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Young Beautiful Mixed Race Woman In Pool

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

pregnant brown skin asian woman with short highlighted hair sitting on the bed at room smiling positively

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Female Portrait

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

portrait of young woman on rooftop at sunset

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

A woman smiling

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

a portrait of a mother with her twin daughters

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Portrait

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Woman at Skate Park in the City during Sunset

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”

Woman against white wall.

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A photo featured in #ShowUs, a collection of images featuring female-identifying and non-binary individuals which Dove, GirlGaze, and Getty Images created in an effort to “reflect the authentic experiences of women around the world.”