You can find free and royalty-free images on these websites
There are now masses of websites with (supposedly) free images / stock photos for downloading on the internet. However, it is often not clear to users whether and how they are really allowed to use these images. In this article, we therefore present some websites that offer images free of charge and usually publish them under a CC0 license (Public Domain).
Gratisography
This website by photographer Ryan Mc Guide offers a good selection of free stock photos. New images are added weekly.
"Free high-resolution pictures you can use on your personal and commercial projects. Click on an image to download the high-resolution version. New awesome pictures added weekly! All pictures were photographed by Ryan McGuire and free of copyright restrictions.
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New Old Stocks
Under the title "New Old Stock", the website offers historical-looking photos - many in black and white or with a color cast. The images come from public archives and have no known license restrictions.
"Vintage photos from the public archives. Free of known copyright restrictions.
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Peekspace
The Peekspace site offers impressive and free images from space. These mostly come from the NASA archives. They can be used without restrictions.
"Curated free to use space photography.
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Space red
A website with a large selection of stock photos. Many of the free images are also offered in sets, each matching a specific theme. The images are offered under a CC-BY license.
"Free -handpicked- stockphotos for your commercial and personal works. All available hi-res / hi-quality pictures you can use on personal and commercial projects. Please be respectful to registered trademarks.
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Space red
Unsplash
The Unsplash site offers a large selection of free images, many from the fields of nature and architecture. The images can be used without restrictions. Ten new free images are published every ten days.
"Free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos.
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Cupcake
An image archive of the photographer Jonas Nilsson Lee. He offers his high resolution images for download free of charge and without licensing restrictions. A photographer's treat by Jonas Nilsson Lee - Free (do whatever you want) photos.
"A photographer's treat by Jonas Nilsson Lee - Free (do whatever you want) photos.
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Barn Images
The website created by Igor Trepeshchenok and Roman Drits reveals a great selection of stock images, all published under the CC0 license. The site also offers many different categories and a good image search function.
"Barn Images offers you a collection of free high-resolution stock photography.
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Picography
The site offers a large selection of free high-resolution images. All images are published under the CC0 license. Unfortunately, the site is not organized into specific categories and does not offer a search function.
"Free hi-resolution photos. Use them however you like.
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Jay Mantri
A website full of free stock photos published under the CC0 license - many of them in black and white. Seven more images are added every Thursday.
"Free pics. Do anything (CC0). Make magic.
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Kaboompics
The very clearly organized site Kaboompics, offers a variety of free images and stock photos. All images are divided into categories, which makes it very easy to find your way around. The images have been published under the CC0 license.
"Free hi-resolution photos. Use them however you like.
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Crow The Stone
A small but fine selection of free stock images. All images are licensed under the CC0 license and can be used according to the user's wishes.
"Free photos to use any way you want.
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Pexels
A huge selection of stock photos that can be searched by name or category. 10 new images are added daily. There is also a large selection of free stock videos. All images and videos are published under the CC0 license.
"It's hard to understand complex licenses that is why all photos on Pexels are licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. This means you can copy, modify, distribute and perform the photos. The pictures are free for personal and even for commercial use. All without asking for permission or setting a link to the source. So that attribution is not required.
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Travel Coffee Book
As the name of the site suggests, it is a site that offers free travel pictures. Here, too, all images have been published under the CC0 license.
"Sharing beautiful travel moments. All photos are listed under cc0. That means you can do whatever you want with them.
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Makerbook - The all-in-one solution for design resources
Makerbook is a directory of websites that offer free images, graphics, videos, fonts and mockups. Here you can find everything you need for your projects:
"A hand-picked directory of the best free resources for creatives.
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