25+ Excellent Free Stock Photo Sites for Designers
Everystockphotos
Search more than 4.500.000 photos. It features a nice feature to allow you to collect photos you find.
Stock.Xchng
Browse through SXC’s gallery of over 390,000 stock photos, as provided by the site’s more than 30,000 users. Photos are provided free of charge, as a service by photography addicts for photography addicts! This site has a very friendly feel, with one of its notable features being a discussion forum where suggestions and problems are dealt with in a community-based setting. In order to upload and download photos, as well as participate in the forum, a registration is required, but SXC’s privacy policy is tight to ensure the protection of your personal information.
morgueFile
This site offers free photo exchange and a community section where you can participate in bulletin board discussions or join as a member if you wish to contribute your own work. They also provide free online photography courses and sponsor a scavenger hunt and photo competition. Their stock photos can be used in commercial or personal projects without permission or credit from the photographer, and as mentioned, you can also submit photos to the site with their approval. You’ll find a very broad range of subjects offered, and the site is neatly organized and user-friendly.
Stockvault
StockVault.net provides a directory of over 14,500 great free stock photos, 20000 members. The photos are available for download in the following categories: 3-D Renders, Animal Kingdom, Construction and Buildings, Nature, Objects, People, Seasonal, Textures and Backgrounds, Web Templates, and a variety of unsorted images.
Flickr
Flickers main purpose is photo management and sharing and millions use it for that purpose. This makes it a great place for inspiration and searching for good photographs. Many photographers allow others to use their art and you will find that many photos are licensed under Creative Common.
