Submission Guidelines

Images should be 2500px by 2000px (landscape) or 2000px by 2500px (portrait). Filesize should be at leas 5MB per image. Photos shot on a phone should be 12MP or higher.

Currently we accept original photos. We do not accept composite (collage) images, screenshots, video game captures, digital designs, or non-photographic content.

We don’t accept unclear photos or where subjects have an unintentionally blurry focus, photos with a low-resolution, photos with lots of noise or artifacting, selfies, or photos that do not relate to the subject of disability. Images should be of professional quality and have a clear subject and vision. Photos taken on a phone may be accepted as long as they meet other submission criteria.

We encourage clean, minimal edits on images. Skin retouching is up to artistic interpretation and not required. 

Here are the types of effects/edits we likely won't publish:
• Overly saturated
• Overly sharpened
• Soft focus effect
• Heavy vignette effect
• Images in black and white with a single color pulled out
• Frame borders, text/graphic overlays, or watermarks

Prohibited content includes, but is not limited to, any image that is unlawful, defamatory, libelous, objectionable, profane, indecent, containing nudity or sexualized imagery, harassing, threatening, hateful, spamming, or otherwise deemed inappropriate in nature. Disability Is Beautiful reserves the right to remove content deemed inappropriate without question and could result in banning of user account at our discretion.

By uploading content to the site, photographers agree to the following:

✓ I have written photographic releases and permission from all models/guardians of models in this image before uploading.*

✓ I have written permission from all models/guardians of models to convey the specific subject matter of the photo (such as disabilities and diagnoses) before uploading.*

✓ I am choosing to release the uploaded photo to Disability Is Beautiful under a Creative Commons 0 license ("No Rights Reserved") and Disability Is Beautiful License.

✓ I grant Disability Is Beautiful perpetual use of this uploaded photo for promotional purposes, including (but not limited to) social media marketing, print advertising, online banners, and email marketing.

✓ I retain original copyright to the uploaded photo (provided you are the original copyright holder) and am responsible for maintaining my rights as such and do not hold Disability Is Beautiful responsible for pursuing copyright claims on my behalf.

✓ I may remove my photo from the Disability Is Beautiful service at any time to prevent further downloads, but the ongoing use of this photo cannot be revoked, per the Creative Commons 0 license.