TONL
TONL is a collection of “culturally diverse stock photos that represent the true world we live in.”[1] This collection includes a variety of photos that seek to showcase the diversity in ethnic backgrounds of everyday people.
“TONL seeks to transform the idea of stock photography by displaying images of diverse people and their stories around the world.
Our voices and visibility matter. Photography and storytelling can help humanize and hopefully diminish the stereotypes and prejudice against black and brown people, especially. We wanted to challenge the stale, homogenous look of traditional stock photography by showcasing the many ethnic backgrounds of every day people.“[2]
Karen Okonkwo & Joshua Kissi, Co-founders of TONL
You can access their website here.
Please note:
TONL images are provided under 2 different types of licenses: Editorial and Commercial. Visit the TONL Commercial & Editorial License page for more information about what types of projects fall into each category (Section 3.1) and what permissions each license type grants you (Sections 1.1-1.3 and 2.1-2.4).
Each license is granted to one person (i.e., the person whose account it is downloaded from). If additional users want to use the same content, they will need to download it themselves. This means you cannot build up a repository of TONL images for your team to use, or to share across teams.[3]
Licensing Information
Click here to view their licensing page.
Click here to view their Stock Photo License Purchase Agreement.
Click here to view their Terms of Use.
Additional Notes:
- Please read through the licensing information carefully!
- Contact them at: hello@tonl.co
- TONL. (n.d.). Cultural and diverse stock photos. TONL. https://tonl.co/ ↵
- TONL. (n.d.). About. TONL. https://tonl.co/about ↵
- TONL. (n.d.). Commercial License. TONL. https://tonl.co/commercial-license ↵
