Most of the websites listed on this page provide Creative Commons licensed images that you can copy and re-use without permission. Other websites offer either public domain images (their copyright has expired), or materials that the creators have released into the public domain for people to freely use.
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A search engine for free photos which come from many sources. You can view the attribution license to determine under what conditions each photo can be used.
Millions of photographs uploaded by users. To search for reusable images, in ”Advanced Search”, choose from the pull-down menu the type of license needed (e.g. 'all creative commons' or 'modifications allowed' etc.).
Free high-resolution pictures you can use on your personal and commercial projects.
Over 25,000 CC0-Licensed photos that have been scanned and indexed from top stock sites.
Illustrations from old books in the public domain.
Creative Commons licensed and public domain images and audio
Provides 1,000s of free stock photos, vector graphics and illustrations. All images and videos are released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0.
All photos published on Unsplash are licensed under Creative Commons 0, which means you can copy, modify, distribute and use the photos for free, including commercial purposes.