Work of Houston-based Art Director, Photo Editor and Photographer, Allison Retina Stewart.

A few organizations, brands, and platforms pushing the culture of photography forward.


Adolescent is a Black and Female Founded GenZ Advertising agency and Content studio with a mission to create pathways for GenZ BIPOC and LGBTQ+ Creators.

A production company that helps brands build awareness within the Black community through culturally relevant storytelling.

Black Women Photographers disrupts the notion that it is difficult to discover and commission Black creatives. Dedicated to providing a resource for the industry's gatekeepers.

Diversify Photo is a community of BIPOC and non-western photographers, editors, and visual producers working to break with the predominantly colonial and patriarchal eye through which history and the mass media has seen and recorded the images of our time.

An online multi-sided platform company built on a mission – to close the gender gap and to champion diversity, inclusion and representation across the creative industry.

A visual arts community 🌸By women for women 🧚🏽‍♀️

Marginalized in Mind is a full service photography advisory that stands for equity and community in the photo world.

NYC Salt's mission is to engage, inspire, and empower youth from underserved, predominantly immigrant communities in New York City to reach their full potential and develop a sense of agency, belonging, and integrated identity through the lens of a camera.

A community & creative agency immersed in culture, dedicated to facilitating brave spaces for multicultural creatives.

Activates a diverse, global network of vetted creative professionals to give you the on-brand photo and video content you need, at scale.

Seeks to transform the idea of stock photography by displaying images of diverse people and their stories around the world.

Exists to heal, support, amplify, and make space for the entire spectrum of Black creativity while also decolonizing design through education and wellness resources, events, partnerships, and collaborations.

Women Photograph is a non-profit that launched in 2017 to elevate the voices of women* and nonbinary visual journalists.