Here’s a big list that should have every picture you’ve ever wished you could
find:
- Flickr’s Creative Commons Pool: Browse through the images provided by Flickr users who have chosen to offer their pictures under a Creative Commons license. A Flickr Advanced Search also allows you to search for these images easily.
- Flickr Storm (select appropriate Creative Common license from pull-down menu)
- FlickrCC Blue Mountains Displays attribution
- Compfight: A Flickr Search Tool
- Sprixi
- Flickr Free Use Photos Photo sharing, no attribution necessary
- Beholdcc Use the boxes before you search to select licensing
- Creative Commons A multimedia CC search, searches across Google, Flickr, Yahoo!, BlipTV, SpinXpress, and OWL Music Search, allowing searchers to specify a search for media to use to modify or for commercial purposes
- Shahi Visual Dictionary (check for licensing, many are CC and Wiktionary)
- Flickr: The Commons (contributions from major institutions)
- openphoto: Free stock images. Use categories on the right to browse or click on search in the top bar
- BurningWell (public domain, high resolution photos)
- Compfight.com
- 25 Free Stock Photo Sites
- Photl
- Wellcome Images (medical and social images)
- 26 Places to Find Free Multimedia for Your Blog
- Creativity103.com (abstract backgrounds)
- Photos8 (public domain photos)
- OpenClipArt.org
- Public Domain Clipart
- Sevenload.com
- VADS: Free Art and Design Images for Education (Read Terms of Use)
- US Government Photos and Multimedia Most materials is in the public domain, but read the disclaimers.
- Library of Congress Photo Stream on Flickr
- Yahoo Creative Commons Search
- Wikimedia Commons: A database of 14 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.
- Free Digital Photos
- Pics4Learning Copyright friendly images for education
- GetMedia
- MorgueFile “provides the public and creative community with free photos..
- Free Pixels:images may be used for both personal and commercial purposes under the limitations of this license
- Free Photos Bank
- stock.xchng
- PD Photo
- Public Domain Photos and Wallpaper
- Public Domain Pictures – high resolution photos and illustrations under public domain license
- Public Domain Images Public domain images (copyright friendly -safe images), royalty free stock photos. All photos on this site are top quality high resolution public domain images, explicitly placed in the public domain.
- FreeFoto.com
- 4 Free Photos – collection of over 700 free images offered by the photographer
- Free Photo 1
- OurMedia
- FreeMediaGoo
- AnimalPhotos.info
- CarPictures.cc
- Images for Education (for UK higher ed.)
- Black and White Clipart
Thanks to Copyright Friendly Wiki for creating this list!
Great guide – thank you. One thing to think about is that if you use a photo containing people, commercial use may need a separate release.
A site I’ve also found helpful is Wunderstock. It’s a search tool for Creative Commons pictures through Flickr:
https://wunderstock.com/
It has an amazing selection. I’ll find free photos for many arcane subjects here as well as more generic stuff. I also use Gratisography and Compfight.
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I’ll check them out. Thanks, Jerry!
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Thanks for the great list! Please also check out the world’s largest collection of free, public domain/CCO images, https://snappygoat.com/ ,with 14 Million Public Domain/CC0 stock images, clip-art, historical photos and more, all in one searchable database. It includes an easy to use meme-maker.
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What an extensive list of Public Domain Images. There are a few on your list that I’ve never seen before and I’m going to check them out right now. Here are 2 more that you might want to add to the list. http://www.viintage.com and publicdomainarchive.com
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Thanks for these, Matt. I’ll check them out. About once a year, I add the Comment suggestions to the list above.
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Could you please add http://www.goodfreephotos.com to your list. Thousands of free public domain photos for any use.
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Absolutely. Thanks for letting me know about it.
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Hi there, just wanted to tell you, I enjoyed this
blog post. It was inspiring. Keep on posting!
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Thanks!
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I’m glad you find it useful. enjoy!
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Many thanks for this list. I have copied it to my computer. Hope thats ok.
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Absolutely.
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Wow, this is a great list! Thanks for the effort.
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Thanks, Vikas!
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