Here you will find a compilation of free stock photo websites to use for your covers and other designs or projects.
Please keep in mind that just because an image is on a “free/royalty free/etc” site doesn’t always guarantee that every single photo is 100% free to use everywhere and manipulated in any way.
Sometimes, a photo or two gets slipped in there that doesn’t have the same licenses as others so just as a word of precaution, to be completely safe, do a reverse search. Google “ How to reverse search images” or “How to check if image is copyright free” for tips on how to do a reverse search.
Also, be sure to check out the “About” page or “FAQs” page on each website to familiarize yourself with their terms and conditions in which you can use the photos. Though a lot are similar, some have more specific rules or definitions.
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Besides Pixabay, Pexels, Unsplash, there’s some lesser known ones.
Some of these websites are run like Unsplash, in which they gather fair usage photos.
But there are some in this list that are complied by one specific photographer, and it is their personal collection that they are opening up for public use.
Note that some may have some of the same photos.
The following tabs contain correlating screenshots [COMING SOON] and the link to webstie
Cretive Commons Search
https://search.creativecommons.org/
New York Public Library
New York Public Library - Public Domain photo collection
Free For Commercial Use
Free For Commercial Use
Reshot
Reshot.com “Uniquely free photos”
PicoGraphy
PicoGraphy.co
MMT Stock (now called FOCA)
FOCA
Pic Jumbo
Pic Jumbo
Kaboom Pics
Kaboom Pics
Skitter Photo
Skitter Photo
Life of Pix
Life of Pix
Free Stocks
FreeStocks.org
Gratiso Graphy
GratisoGraphy.com
New Old Stock
New Old Stock
“Vintage photos from the public archives. Free of known copyright restrictions. Recapturing History.”
Burst
Burst
Stock Snap
Stock Snap
PikWizard
PikWizard
Epicantus
Epicantus
Iso Republic
IsoRepublic
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