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Most Popular
These resources are some of the most popular free stock image sites
on the Web and with good reason. If you’re looking for some mainstream
images, these are the first place to try.
- FreeFoto:
FreeFoto.com claims to be “the largest collection of free photographs
on the Internet.” They’re available for offline projects as well, as
long as you’re not using them to make a profit.
- KAVEWALL: Look for images and textures in unique categories like tattoo, smoke, and food.
- Digital Dreamer: Free, royalty-free stock images can be found here.
- Free Photos Bank: This features a handful of the newest photos in their directory, so check back often.
- Free Digital Photos: Find gorgeous, easy-to-download photographs in categories like animals, celebrations, home & garden, and lots more.
- PD Photo: Browse
through the categories and subcategories in this site’s database, most
of which depict the urban and rural landscapes of the United States.
- Visipix: Search over a million photographs and fine art pieces.
- Cepolina: On cepolina, you can choose to save photos in up to five different formats.
- DexHaus: A wide array of beautiful images are found on this well-organized site.
- FreeStockImages.net: Chances are you’ll find whatever it is you’re looking for on this terrific site.
- TurboPhoto: TurboPhoto has 10 categories keep the high res photos easy to find.
- Yotophoto: An immensely popular site, Yotophoto is worth checking out.
- Stockvault: Search by photo subject or by the newest and most popular photos on Stockvault.
- Dreamstime: While most of the photos on this site cost a fee (some as low as $0.26/image), Dreamstime provides a few free stock photos.
- Open Stock Photography: This site offers over one million images for you to download and use however you want.
Community-Powered Content
In addition to being a great source of images, these sites host
forums, file sharing and other features designed to nurture community
spirit.
- Image After: Search tons of free photos on this site while meeting other photography lovers on the forum.
- Unprofound.com: Use the images however you want, just make sure you let them know where you’ve published it!
- Font Play:
This site has nearly 10,000 free photos for you to use any way you
want. Look under the “Guests” heading to search by your favorite
contributor.
- Studio 25: This attractive site lets you upload and search images.
- Vintage Pixels: Share your archived photos with other users. Download images that work for your Web site or blog.
- Abstract Influence: Search for the stock images you want while talking about photography with other visitors on the site’s forum.
- amygdela’s atmosphere: This site hosts a forum and a blog, as well as tons of stock images.
- Every Stock Photo: A forum and blog keep this stock image site fun and informative.
- Photocase: The good people at Photocase are “prettying up the world.” Check out their great library of stock images.
- deviantART: Provocative photos spawn great debates on the site’s forum.
Artists Welcome
It’s probably pretty safe to say that every stock image site on the
Web needs the help of photographers to keep it running. The following
sites, however, really cater to the needs of photographers, designers,
and other artists even though they’re donating their photos for free.
- Stock.xchng: Check out the gorgeous shots organized into lots of different categories, making your search as easy as possible.
- Morguefile: Browse thousands of beautiful photos in this site’s archives, but don’t miss their job board either!
- Woophy: This site organizes photographs by geographical location. Enter into their contest for a chance to win great prizes.
- The NOAA Library:
Breathtaking science and nature shots are available at this site. Don’t
forget to check out the “Meet the Photographers” page which includes
short bios and descriptions of the featured photogs.
- Pixel Perfect Digital: Get tons of free stock images and read the latest in photography news.
- Free Range Stock: Photographers are rewarded for giving away their pictures by getting a percentage of the site’s total ad revenue.
- AMG Media: As long as you give credit to the photographer somewhere on your site, these images are yours for the taking.
- Free Photographs Network: Submit photographs for others to see, or download some for your own use.
- FreePhotos.com: If you’re a photographer, submit your best pictures for a chance to win cool prizes.
- PhotoRogue.com:
If you can’t find a picture of anything you want, go to PhotoRogue.com
and make a request for whatever it is you’re thinking of. Photographers
will take pictures for you — and it’s still free!
- Graphicsarena.com: Submit your photos for consideration.
- Fotogenika: Send in your photos for other visitors to use on their personal sites.
- Image Temple: Send in your own photos to be included in this site’s gallery.
- Flickr: Most of the photos on this site are not free, but a clever search will turn up some real goodies.
- FreeLargePhotos.com: Downloaders must link their chosen photo back to the site, which gives the photographer credit.
Less is Sometimes More
Just because the sites listed in this section aren’t as expansive as
some of the others on our list doesn’t mean they’re not worth checking
out. Sometimes less can really means more, especially when it comes to
narrowing down your search or coming across hard-to-find treasures.
- Mayang’s Free Texture Library: Download high-res textures from this site, which has categories like architecture, buildings, plants, wood, and stone.
- Liam’s Pictures from Old Books: Discover hard-to-find illustrations from old books, “most with multiple high-resolution versions.”
- Texture Warehouse: Find interesting textures at this great site.
- Free Stock Photos: Nature shots and religious themes are abundant at this free stock photography site.
- BurningWell: Totally free images are organized into categories like animals, bugs, cityscapes, people, plants, and textures.
- Design Packs: New images and themes are added monthly, so this site may not be a well kept secret too much longer!
- Amazing Textures: This site is a web designer’s dream. Browse hundreds of high res textures and backgrounds.
- Aarin Free Photo and Digital Images: These site boasts nearly 1,000 fantastic images for you to choose from.
- Image Base: On Image Base, breathtaking photographs are organized in categories like nature, concept, people, and city.
- Majestic Imagery: All the photos on this site were taken by the host.
- diwiesign studio:
All the images are free, but if you’re a frequent user, you might want
to consider making a donation to this photo entrepreneur.
- Zurb Photos: Photographer Bryan Zmijewski uploads his own images onto this site.
- tOfz.org: Find urban images for free, but consider making a contribution to this artist’s cause.
- LIGHTmatter: These gorgeous photos were all taken by the same artist, who also hosts the Web site.
- Insect Images: Find all kinds of photos of creepy crawlers here.
Stock Images Plus
There is a lot more to legal stock images than just a bank of free
photos. The sites in this section all go beyond being a basic stock
photography resource by offering more services that will help improve
your search for and use of stock images.
- Creative Commons: This nonprofit site shows you how to license your images once they’ve been uploaded onto your site.
- Free Images:
This British site offers free images as well as wallpapers, desktops,
and a section of ideas and tips that will help you customize your image
experience, whether you’re a photographer or not.
- Creating Online:
This stock images site is an excellent resource for any new blogger or
Web site developer. Learn about editing your images, hosting, domains,
and more.
- ArtFavor: Find stock images, fonts, sounds, flash clipart, and more, are all on this terrific site.
- Geek Philosopher: Find hilarious and beautiful stock images side by side. Also check out the site’s blog and web hosting capabilities.
- Gimp Savvy: In addition to finding great images, Gimp Savvy also gives tips on photo touch
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