25 free stock photography resources
Download high quality images free to use for private or commercial purposes
As a creative, you are probably always looking for free stock photography to enhance your designs. Chances are you don’t have to look around too long to stumble upon something that fits your needs. How tempting it may be: don’t just download anything from anywhere. Even on the internet there are things like copyright and intellectual property.
The CC0 licence comes to the rescue. The Creative Commons license allows people to share their work by waiving all their copyright and related rights in their works to the fullest extent allowed by law. This in return gives you the opportunity to a) use these photos without any risk of liability and b) discover an infinite range of creative and incredibly skilled people.
This is the second part in our overview of license free stock photos. If you missed out on our original post, don’t hesitate to have a look.
1. Pikwizard
A stunning library of over 1 million stock images and videos. Royalty free and safe for commercial use, with no attribution required.
2. Snapwire Snaps
The Tumblr account of Snapwire offers 7 free beautiful photos every 7 days.
3. Photober
Download free images.
4. Free Stock Photos
A website dedicated to the free publication of high-resolution photos and images. The images published here can be downloaded free of charge and may be used for commercial or private purposes, depending on the license.
5. Epicantus
Free to use original photography by Daria
6. Story Blocks
Become a member and save on millions of high-quality stock photos, vectors, and illustrations.
7. Burst
Burst is a free stock photo platform that is powered by Shopify. The image library includes thousands of high-resolution, royalty-free images that were shot by a global community of photographers.
8. MMT Stock
Free photos, videos, and templates for commercial use.
9. Foter
Premium Royalty-Free Stock Photos From The Foter Community.
10. Albumarium
Find and share beautiful images
11. iStock by Getty Images
Discover royalty-free images, illustrations and videos that will make you stand out.
12. StockPhotos
A wide collection of photos gathered from other stocks.
13. Fotomelia
A French website offering a vast range of royalty free photos.
14. Skitterphoto
All photos are free to use for any purpose. You may download and edit photos and even use them commercially.
15. Stockvault
New photos, textures and illustrations added every day.
16. RGBStock
More than 100 000 stock photos available, 100% free.
17. Libreshot
Free images even for commercial use. No watermark. No attribution.
18. Dreamstime
Download high resolution Royalty-Free and public domain (CC0) images for free.
19. Freepik
Find Free vectors, stock photos, PSD and icons.
20. Freerange stock
Photos and illustrations licensed for commercial use. No attribution required!
21. IMG Photos
Download, modify, distribute, and use them royalty free for anything you like, even in commercial applications. Images are 100% free to use under creative commons license. The site offers high quality images over multiple categories including food, travel, animals, people, and nature.
22. Realistic shots
Free high resolution stock photos for personal and commercial use. 7 new photos every week.
23. Startup Stock Photos
Stock photos for startups and tech related businesses.
24. Avopix
Free images, stock photos & footage.
25. Freepixels
Since 2005 FreePixels.com offers free high resolution photos that you can use for your personal and commercial projects.