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The dark history of photography lighting

In the early 1940s Kodak created the Shirley card, a colour palette aimed at guiding lab technicians. Modelled after a white woman named Shirley, it fails to adequately depict darker skin tones. Celebrity photographer Marc Baptiste, who has worked with stars like Shakira and Barack Obama, reveals the pitfalls of this historical bias.

Video by Brandon Drenon