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Royalty Free Images: Stock Photography Sites You Must See!

On the hunt for the best royalty-free stock photography? Look no further – here’s our list of the top public domain, CC0, and free photography sites available for you to download. We will keep adding to the list as we find more.



Unsplash

Unsplash

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This is one of the best resources for free, “do whatever you want” with it, photography. All photos are in the public domain, and the filter effects are outstanding! This Tumblr site is curated by Crew, a web dev and design firm based out of Montreal. Unsplash puts out 10 free photos each week – sign up for their newsletter to get your hands on them as soon as they are released, or browse the archives for all photos.


Startup Stock Photos

Startup Stock Photos

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Oh yes, you will want these photos! Business-related, filter-rich photos of people and technology – mobile devices, laptops, monitors. Real people, too, no cheesy stock models. Made by the great people at Sculpt.


Jay Mantri

Jay Mantri

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Inspired by Unsplash, Jay Mantri puts out 7 new photos every Thursday. Like Unsplash, the photos are modern and the content is interesting – not just a lot of landscapes.


New Old Stock

New Old Stock

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The place to go for vintage photo downloads, New Old Stock is a great collection of cool old stuff. I saw some awesome typography inspiration on there recently, with old newspaper ads and product labels from the early 1900s.


Get Refe

Get Refe

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Free mobile photos from Refe, a stock photo site of real people interacting with technology.


Travel Coffee Book

Travel Coffee Book

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Another site along the lines of Unsplash, travel moments captured and sent to you, free to download and in the public domain.


Gratisography

Gratisography

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Made by Bells Design, Gratisography is a fun curated collection of photos. Vibrant and lively, all in the public domain.


Skitter Photo

Skitter Photo

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A good compilation of travel, flora/fauna, urban photos in the public domain.


Pic Jumbo

Pic Jumbo

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Awesome filters and quality, unique content abound on this site by Viktor Hanacek. Attribution requested.


Photo Pin

Photo Pin

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Search the Flick Creative Commons for photography based on keyword – the search can be broken down by Non-Commercial or Commercial, which is quite handy.


Little Visuals

Little Visuals

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This Unsplash-style site features many nature and landscape photos.


Super Famous

Super Famous

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This free photo collection explores texture – very cool even just to browse through for yourself. 🙂


Magdeleine

Magdeleine

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A curated collection of user-submitted free stock photography.


Public Domain Archive

Public Domain Archive

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Public Domain Archive is a compilation of other public domain sites.


Breaking Pic

Breaking Pic

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Not currently uploading new content, but all existing free photo packs are available for download until October 2014. Each category is available as a full download, including Communication photos (media and technology). Everything available under the CC0 (public domain) license.


Pixabay

Pixabay

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This free stock photo site has a ton of categories, so if you are looking for something in particular it’s a good place to start, but you will need to apply your own filters/effects to them, as most are of the “stock” variety.

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What free stock photo sites did we miss? Let us know in the comments below.

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Kendall is the co-founder of Nimbus Themes and Shea Media, a web production company. She loves design, WordPress, dabbling in code, and typography. Her guilty pleasures are late-night fiction, drawing, and Netflix.

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9 Comments

  1. Bob Avatar

    Bob

    September 5, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    Hi,
    Please also check out http://www.goodfreephotos.com for thousands of unique public domain photos, especially travel photos. I’d appreciate it if you would add it to your list. Thanks.

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  2. dsa Avatar

    dsa

    October 27, 2014 at 10:42 am

    Thank you very much for this post. It was extremely helpful.

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  3. Leandro Avatar

    Leandro

    November 10, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    The http://www.iregioes.com.br is a bank in Brazil with many images free photos. Worth checking out.

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  4. Vero Avatar

    Vero

    November 16, 2014 at 12:32 pm

    Hi Kendall, try http://en.freejpg.com.ar Free Image Bank for Commercial and Editorial Use

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  5. Nathan Avatar

    Nathan

    December 17, 2014 at 7:59 pm

    Hello Kendall, we recently launched http://VastPic.com in order to allow for photographers across the world to contribute their creativity in which we will then share with the masses. Can you please add this site to your list? Thanks so much!

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  6. Lars Avatar

    Lars

    February 16, 2015 at 1:34 am

    Hi, i know one more source where you can get Free Public Domain images cc0. it’s: http://creativecommons.photos

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  7. Stuart Miles Avatar

    Stuart Miles

    January 10, 2017 at 10:00 am

    Hello there,

    Would be wonderful if you would add http://Blogpiks.com in the report. Consists of in excess of 30,000 cost-free pictures in particular business, education, technology and backgrounds.

    Appreciate It!

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    • Sarah Bishop Avatar

      Sarah Bishop

      January 10, 2017 at 6:39 pm

      Thanks Stuart for suggesting Blogpiks to our readers. We will definitely check it out.

      Reply

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