Free Stock Photos - Full List of Websites Where You Can Get Them

If you're looking for photos to use for a design or video animation and want to keep yourself out of copyright restrictions, you need to locate websites that explicitly define the copyright for each of their images. There are two types of license you're likely to find on most of the sites:

• 1. Creative Commons Zero (CC0): you can use the photos in any scope you want without any attribution.
• 2. Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY): allows you to distribute and re-use the materials, as long as you follow the license condition. One condition is attribution, which means that you have to make sure that the original author is appropriately credited.

Nowadays, most of the current licenses require attribution of the original author (the BY component), which consists of citing the author's name, the work's title, the specific CC license of the work, and mention if this is a derivative work or adaptation. And even though you can find free stock photos, most of them have low resolution, watermark, are blurry or at best, uninspired.

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Below you will find the top free stock photo websites where you can get free images and pictures for all your visual projects. Most of them are free! HOWEVER, you must check to see:

• • what license the photos are released under and how that means they can be used (creative commons [of which there are several types] vs. public domain vs. that website's own standard free license);
• • if you need to buy an extended license for commercial purposes;
• • if you need to credit the original artist with a backlink or something else;
• • what you can and can't use the photos for (e.g., not able to be used for a gambling site or something).

The photo website list below is ordered by the number of images you can find, traffic and relevance.

1. 1. Unsplash

   

   Powered by creators everywhere, Unsplash is one of the biggest free usable images databases you may find on the web. Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project. Better than any royalty free or stock photos.

2. 2. Pixabay

   

   On Pixabay, anyone can download over 1.7 million+ high-quality stock images shared by the community. You can use them free for commercial use, with no attribution required even for High-quality photos.

   On Pixabay, you can find illustrations, vectors, videos, and free music for any visual project you have. Pixabay is also available in the multi-language format, so this is great because it will be much easier to find the right graphic asset you need.

3. 3. Pexels

   

   Pexels is one of our 3 top choices because it has one of the most significant photography contributors from the world. On Pexels, you can access over one million free stock photos you can use everywhere, free for commercial use with no attribution required. We use Pexels, especially if we need pictures of people’s faces.

4. 4. FreeImages

   

   On the FreeImages.com website, you can explore over 300000 free stock photos and find the perfect royalty-free image quickly for any project you need. Download free, high-quality stock images, for every day or commercial use.

5. 5. StockSnap

   

   The StockSnap is in our top five list for beautiful free photos. Anyone has access to high quality and high-resolution stock images free from all copyright restrictions (CC0) - no attribution required. StockSnap gives you the possibility to find, share, and use fantastic photographic imagery for all your creative projects.

6. 6. PicJumbo

   

   If you need free stock photos & images, PicJumbo is the right place to download beautiful free photos and pictures from one of the best free stock photo sites. Thousands of 100% royalty-free stock images with no watermark are available on PicJumbo.

7. 7. Gratisography

   

   Gratisography adds photos every week, and it is genuinely unique, usually whimsy, and always free. Gratisography is one of the world’s quirkiest collections of free high-resolution pictures on your personal and commercial projects. All completely free of copyright restrictions.

8. 8. Morguefile

   

   On Morguefile, you can find over 400,000 free stock photos for commercial use. All images submitted on Morguefile will be available to you and other creatives to use in your designs and your professional work under the free stock photo license.

9. 9. PublicDomainPhotos

   

   Discover natural public domain photos on PublicDomainPhotos, free for private and commercial use.

10. 10. PixTeller (inside the app)

    

    Using PixTeller, you can choose from a great variety of beautiful, free pictures and illustrations, and add them to your new image design directly from the photo editor app. What is refreshing here is that you can edit the images before save and download them. Also, you can upload your own photos and change their properties according to your needs.

11. 11. Free Range Stock

    

    On FreeRangeStock, you can explore high-resolution stock images and textures for free with a photographer ad revenue sharing system. New free photos are added daily.

12. 12. Life of Pix

    

    If you want to search for pictures by color or format, Life of Pix is a good website. Also, if you are a contributor, every week, a photographer will be elected as “Photographer of the Week” by the Life of Pix Team.

13. 13. Kaboompics

    

    If you want to find the best perfect photo for you, Kaboompics is an excellent website to give it a try. On Kaboompics, you can download images from thousands of pictures without any payment, even for commercial use, and use them in your projects.

14. 14. Burst by Shopify

    

    If you need photos for your online store or any other project, you can browse on Burst by Shopify thousands of beautiful copyright-free pictures. All Burst images are free to download for personal and commercial use, no attribution required.

15. 15. Reshot

    

    Explore Reshot to discover tons of handpicked, non-stocky images. You can use them as you wish, free for commercial use, and no attribution required. The Reshot mission is to unify creators and elevate creative projects via an open exchange of the world's best visual content.

16. 16. Foodies Feed

    

    On Foodies Feed, anyone can download food pictures for commercial use. You can explore coffee photos, cake pictures, pizza images, meat graphics, and more food photos.

17. 17. SplitShire

    

    What would you do if you had terrific royalty-free photos? On SplitShire, you can download free stock photos with no copyright restrictions and real look. The SplitShire photo gallery is not so big, but more will come. Also, on SplitShire, you can download high-quality free stock pictures without registration.

18. 18. Picography

    

    On Picography, you will find gorgeous high-resolution free photos. The Picography free stock photos can be used for any project, with no attribution. All the visuals you will find on Picography are under CC0 license.

19. 19. PikWizard

    

    PikWizard claims that it has one of the biggest stunning photo libraries, with over 1 million stock images and videos. You can download any of them and use it for commercial and editorial use, with no attribution required. Also, on PikWizard, you can navigate directly on popular image categories.

20. 20. NegativeSpace

    

    For personal or commercial use, all of the NegativeSpace CC0 licensed images are completely free to use! All business, food, people, and technology pictures are free, high-resolution, and no attribution is required.

21. 21. National Park Service

    The National Park Service cares for unique places saved by the American people. All the photos that are posted here are free to use by anyone, with no attribution required.

22. 22. Death to the Stock Photo

    Death to the Stock Photo is an Artist Owned Co-op that provides you with the most authentic stock photos and videos, with unlimited downloads and new work added every month. For brands, freelancers, agencies, and POA, a membership plan is required.

23. 23. ISO Republic

    The ISO Republic provides for download high-resolution photos & videos, all free for personal and commercial use. The database is not so big, you should find over 6000 pictures and videos with no attribution required.

24. 24. RGB Stock

    On RGB Stock, you can download free stock photos. There are more than 100000 stock pictures available for free download.

25. 25. BarnImages

    The BarnImages website gives you access to beautiful high-resolution photography. All the visuals are free for personal and commercial use, with no attribution needed. Also, on the BarnImages, you can find free mockup templates that can be downloaded for free.

26. 26. Libreshot

    

    On Libreshot, you should find free photos with guaranteed origin. All the pictures from Libreshot are made by one author - Martin Vorel. They don't have watermarks, and no attribution is required to use any of these pictures even for commercial use.

27. 27. Fancy Crave

    If you need travel photos, Fancy Crave is one of the best websites to find them. The Fancy Crave put quality over quantity always. Explore thousands of travel stock images on Fancy Crave, helping thousands of creators all over the world.

28. 28. StokPic

    StokPic will send you 10 new stock photos for commercial use every two weeks, and YES all the images that StokPic sents are premium.

29. 29. UnrestrictedStock

    

    UnrestrictedStock provides high-quality stock photos, videos, and vectors for free and with no usage restrictions. You may discover these in collections.

30. 30. Foca Stock

    You can use the Foca Stock photos on your website, themes, templates, projects, print materials, social posts, and more. All Foca Stock visual assets can be freely downloaded, used, and redistributed for both personal and commercial purposes.

31. 31. Skitter Photo

    All photos from the Skitter Photo are free to use for any purpose. You may download and edit photos and even use them commercially. On Skitter Photo, you can explore categories or search by keywords.

32. 32. DesignersPics

    On DesignersPics, you can download free photographs for your personal and commercial use. You can include the DesignersPics photos on your business or own projects like Websites, Presentations, Brochures/Packaging/labels, HTML/PSD Templates, T-Shirts, and Banners. Decoration in stores/offices/public areas etc.

33. 33. StartupStockPhotos

    On StartupStockPhotos, you will find a small number of photos you can use for your projects, available for download on a high resolution.

34. 34. Jay Mantri

    You can do magic you Joy Mantri free pics. There are not many pictures on the Joy Mantri website, but the ones you will discover are spectacular.

35. 35. RealisticShots

    On RealisticShots, you can explore free stock photos on high resolution for personal and commercial use. The RealisticShots adds seven new photos every week to make something creative!

36. 36. PickupImage

    

    PickupImage has a great variety of free high-quality download photos and free public domain images' for private and commercial use. You can copy, modify, distribute, and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, without asking permission.

37. 37. LostandTaken

    LostandTaken claims they provide designers the most extensive library of free textures. It's true, on LostandTaken you will find grudge textures, paper textures, vintage paper textures, paint textures, watercolor textures, concrete texture, book covers, cardboards, metal textures, wood textures and more.

38. 38. ImageCarrier

    Imagecarrier.com is a free stock photographic library that offers free stock photos under Creative Commons license.

39. 39. Albumarium

    

    Albumarium it's a website where you can find and share beautiful photos. On Albumarium you can browse photo galleries like nature, people, babies, woods, cities, love, kids, architecture, fruit, women, and more.

40. 40. Subtle Patterns by Toptal

    

    On Subtle Patterns brought to you by Toptal, anyone can find free textures for your next project. I like on Subtle Patterns by Toptal because you can change the way the patterns are show - list or thumbnails.

41. 41. Jeshoots

    On Jeshoots, you can download free, unique, and high-res thematic photos, updated weekly, to easily create your content. Also, on Jeshoots, you can access photo collections manually curated and a photo bank where you can download original thematic photos and mockups by Jan Vasek for free.

42. 42. FreeFoodPhotos

    FreeFoodPhotos is a free stock photo library of food and beverage photography ready for download and use in web design and high-resolution print. FreeFoodPhotos was launched in 2013 when two food lovers saw a complete lack of food photography' good taste' to be found on free stock photography sites.

43. 43. Photogen

    On Photogen, you can search and download quality free, high-resolution stock photos and images of business, industry, concepts, nature, transport, travel, and more. Photogen visuals can be used for both commercial and personal projects.

44. 44. AncestryImages

    On AncestryImages websites, you can discover and download free stock images for genealogists and ancestry researchers offering scans of old and antique prints and maps for family history research.

45. 45. Scatter Jar

    On the Scatter Jar website, you can find delicious free food photographs for creatives. Scatter Jar serve creatives free food photographs for personal and commercial projects on high resolution.

46. 46. Grallim

    On Grallim websites, you can download free stock images. Grallim offers free photos for gym, weightlifting, workouts, yoga, equipment, nature, people, animals, objects, and more.

47. 47. Photober

    

    On Photober, you can download free images grouped in collections like objects, healthcare, abstract, animal, food, industrial, fashion, nature, and more.

48. 48. New Old Stock

    New Old Stock website has a great variety of vintage photos from the public archives. Free of known copyright restrictions, on New Old Stock website, you can download and use these old photos and recapture the history.

Final words

As you can see, there are many websites where you can find that "perfect photo". But as all of us have slightly different ideas of "perfect". You can use the PixTeller photo editor and edit any picture you find above. If you think we missed a photo website, you can mention it in the comments below.

Combining any photo from the above websites with PixTeller editor tool, you can easily design: engaging social media images, stunning social media animations, promo visuals for local businesses, animated GIFs, logos, animated logos, video thumbnails, animated banners, flyers, posters, event visual graphics, or any other images and animations for clients.

Until next time, Be creative! - Pix'sTory made by Alex

Alex Roznovat is the man behind the scenes of PixTeller - a tool where thousands of people design each day marvelous images and animations.

When he is not working on building the next generation of design tools, he is most probably riding his bike in the deepest forests around, exploring the unknown (space, aliens), or spending time with his family and friends. If you want to bring your ideas to life, speak with Alex.