Crowdsourcing: Black Artists & Businesses Funded by Friends | The Atlanta Post: "IT TRULY TAKES A VILLAGE” was the all caps theme of the updates Raquel Griffin posted on Kickstarter.com, an online funding platform that bills itself as “a new way to fund and follow creativity.” In January 2011, the New York-based photographer and stylist who has racked up impressive credits styling for the likes of Adrien Brody, People magazine, and MTV, wanted to shoot an editorial spread that would address the absence of blacks in 1950s fashion photography—and she needed $3,500 to do it. Using Kickstarter to launch a 30-day campaign that included a video and written pitch to her “village,” Griffin surpassed her goal in three weeks, ultimately raising $4,607. Although starting her Kickstarter campaign was free, a 5% fee was then levied on Griffin’s pot of creative capital."
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