TONL is Making Stock Photography Less White

While stock photography is meant to represent everyday lives of everyday people, it’s overwhelmingly (and inaccurately) white. With the belief that diversity leads to innovation, Karen Okonkwo and Joshua Kissi founded TONL—a stock photography company that aims to expand the ways in which black people are represented in visual culture and show those who are, right now, incredibly underrepresented. The thousands of photos (set to …

Vale, Chester Bennington

Linkin Park vocalist and clearly beloved human, Chester Bennington has died, leaving behind a legacy. The band’s take on nü-metal-influenced rock, in their debut Hybrid Theory was grand and dynamic—with excellent, crisp production. (That record garnered them the best-selling album of 2001.) Bennington’s showmanship was theatrical and powerful, and as Stereogum’s Tom Breihan eloquently puts it, “His fiery wail has never been a cool thing, …

New Study Proves Art Can Help With Wellness

According to a British all-party inquiry, it’s evident that involvement in the arts can “keep people well, aid recovery from illness, help people live longer, better lives and save money in health and social services.” With case studies and research gathered over two years, the study focused on people suffering from all kinds of ailments (from depression to recovering from a stroke) who undertook various …