Image*After – A large collection of free photos and textures. Quite an unusual selection of photos.
Imagebase – Nice selection of free photos including a category of The Holy Land.
Insect Images – Insects, bugs and more creepy crawlers.
Kavewall – This site is a great find. They have very unusual categories that might inspire you. Smoke, Electric and tattoo. Check this one out.
Liam’s Pictures from Old Books – Scanned images, engravings and pictures from old books. Over 2100 high resolutions images are available.
MorgueFile – This is a site that contains free high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use. I reference this site on a regular basis.
NOAA Photo Library – Gorgeous science, and nature shots including tornados, hurricanes and other weather tragedies, polar region photos, coral reefs and more.
PD Photo.org – Royalty Free, Public Domain Stock Photos There are thousands of photos nicely divided into hundreds of categories. There is a search feature which will reduce your search time. Good one to check out for sure.
Photocase – This is a community run site with really great photos. Not your typical stock photography but still amazing. There are photos here that you couldn’t even imagine. Search by keyword or color.
Photogen – Lots of unique photos but I didn’t find a search feature. Also these photos were not separated into easy to find categories.
Openphoto.net – Nice selection and a variety of permissions. Interesting categories such as macro, recreation, art and colors. This one is worth a look.
Open Stock – This site will keep you busy. Lots of photos. You must use the search feature to get you started. This site is powered by trynt, yahoo and wikipedia. This one you should also check out.
Stock.xchng – Large selection of free photos. They also have a search feature which aids in finding what you want and a welcomed hover feature for close-ups.
Studio.25 – Amazing resource. This is a must see and really easy to use. Search or use the categories and then finally see close- ups with the hover feature.
Turbo Photo – 2000 free stock photos available for download. A search feature makes this site easy to use.
Unprofound.com – This is a nice site. You can search by keywords or by color. Unusual collection of photos because they are not your typical stock photos. You might enjoy this site. It’s non-profit with no advertising.
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture Nice site of Animals, Crops, Fruits & Veggies, Insects and other agricultural categories.
Vintage Pixels – Interesting site since all photos are black and white historical photos. You must be a member to download photos but membership is free. Each photo has details to see the approximate date the photo was taken. This site is like taking a walk through history.
Visipix.com – This site has photos and fine art that is free to use as long as you place the photographer’s name near. 6 sizes are offered for each photo.
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Linda Chadbourne
Linda Chadbourne has been a web designer since 2001. A large portion of her day also involves graphic and logo design for Cozy Penguin Web Studio which she owns and operates. Linda is also one of the co-founders of The Web Squeeze. In her free time she is an avid family person, horseback rider and reader and lover of pink. You can follow Linda on twitter too!
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Stellar list, I was not aware of quite a few of these. Thanks
dude, like deviantart is not a freestock photo site.. why you mislead ppl?
If you check the link, it takes you directly to the free stock image page. I realize that most of DevianART is not free and this link looks deceptive but it is not. Thanks for commenting!
Might I also suggest photoeverywhere.co.uk for free travel images and creativity103.com for more unusual abstract textures and photography. Thanks.
Many thanks for the link to Photogen.com. Unlike some other image libraries, the home page is ordered by how new the images are, but we do definitely have a Search feature – it’s at the top of the page, next to the logo, and next to that is a drop down list with all the categories in it. All the images are also tagged with clickable keywords, so finding the right image should (hopefully) be easy.
Ah, yes, I do see the search feature now. I’m not sure how I missed that!
Brilliant, Thanks
Dandy list! I’d never heard of some of these sites.
May i suggest http://sweetstockphoto.com – it’s a small but growing archive of totally free stock photos. They are released under a public domain license, meaning you can use them however you want, even in commercial projects. No registration required, either!
@Ted: Oh! That’s very nice! Thanks for the link. It looks very promising. Good luck with that project!
Thanks very much for the very handy list!
I would like to suggest http://www.webphotomart.com as another resource for free stock photos.
Another new resource for high quality free photos is http://www.rgbstock.com
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