With the Shutterstock Model Release form, contributors have the option to indicate the ethnicity of each model. Some of our clients require model ethnicity information for legal reasons, so we encourage you to provide it where possible.
Please refer to the following guidelines when filling in the Model Ethnicity section of the release form.
African
African American – Individuals from the USA with African ancestry
Black – Individuals of African ancestry. (Includes African & African-American)
Brazilian
Chinese
Caucasian – Individuals who are white
East Asian
Hispanic (Latin) – Spanish-speaking individuals from Latin America
Japanese
Middle Eastern – Individuals from Iran, Turkey, and Egypt, as well as the Arabian Peninsula and Fertile Crescent regions.
Native American – Individuals indigenous to the Americas
Pacific Islander – Individuals from Oceania (a group of islands located in the Pacific)
South Asian
Southeast Asian
For more information about model releases, please see Content Publishing Standards: Legal Documentation. Release forms can be downloaded here.