Every illustration on this site is AI-generated, but when a scene centers a real person, our illustrator works from an actual reference photo instead of guessing what they look like from a text description. Those reference photos are pulled from the web under Creative Commons or public-domain licenses, used privately to guide the artwork, and never published here directly. The people below took those photos, and they deserve real credit for it.
The reference photos for the people below were pulled into this project before we started recording where each one came from. We have not been able to confirm a photographer or license for these, so they are not credited above. If you know who took one of these, or you are the photographer, tell us and we will credit it properly, or remove it, immediately.
Adriaan Jacobs, Alan Keating, Alexander Fitzgerald, Alexandros Theologis, Allen Kessler, Andrew Neeme, Asi Moshe, Blaz Zerjav, Brad Owen, Braxton Dunaway, Carlos Leiva, Chris Klodnicki, Christopher Alcindor, Daniel Merrilees, Daniel Zack, David Yan, Dennis Weiss, Dylan Smith, Eelis Paerssinen, Elton Tsang, Espen Jorstad, Ferenc Deak, Garrett Adelstein, Gary Blackwood, Homan Mohammadi, Ian Johns, Jason Mcconnon, Jason Su, Joey Couden, Joey Ingram, Justin Fawcett, Justin Saliba, Kahle Burns, Kasparas Klezys, Klemens Roiter, Landon Tice, Lauri Saaskilahti, Lionel Barracano, Lukas Zaskodny, Mariano Balfagon, Matt Affleck, Matt Colletta, Matthew Higgins, Mike Finstein, Mike Gorodinsky, Mitchell Hyman, Naoya Kihara, Netanel Stern, Parker Talbot, Patrick Stacey, Prashanth Nataraj, Renat Bohdanov, Robbi Jade Lew, Ryan Fee, Santhosh Suvarna, Sebastiaan De Jonge, Shiina Okamoto, Skye Chen, Taylor Atchison, Uri Peleg, Yosef Fox, Yuri Dzivielevski, Zachary Zaret
If you are the photographer or rights holder of a reference photo used on this site and want it credited differently, licensed differently, or removed outright, contact us. We will act on a legitimate request promptly, crediting correctly or pulling the photo from use, whichever you ask for.