Changing Depictions, Changing Perceptions
Last week, Getty Images unveiled the Lean In Collection, a "library of images devoted to the powerful depiction of women, girls and the people who support them."
The collection, collaboratively curated by Getty and Sheryl Sandberg's LeanIn.Org, includes more than 2,500 images depicting contemporary female leadership. The new photos add a huge dose of color and reality to the dull realm of stock photography, where women weirdly laugh while eating a salad and struggle to drink water.
As a researcher of female Christian leaders and one who has argued for greater female leadership representation at our conferences and in our churches and ministries, I applaud the effort of Getty and LeanIn.Org to challenge the female stereotypes often illustrated in stock photos, but I still believe it takes more than appealing photos for women and girls to embrace the potential career fields and positions open to them.
It's easy to see the positives: The new photos give a face to ...
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