15 Essential Sites For Free Stock Images

By dottony Monday May 18, 2009

Here’s the compilation of 15 essential sites for sourcing free stock images. Check out whether you miss out any.

stock.xchng

DigitalDreamer

morgueFile

FreePhotosBank

FreeRangeStock

Photogen

EveryStockPhoto

Kavewall

StockVault

Unprofound

OpenPhoto

FreePixels

Pixelio

FreeDigitalPhotos

Bigfoto

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12 Comments

coolio on Monday 18, 2009

Thx for sharing.
lachenghreit on Monday 18, 2009

Hey how about cutting down the damn google link ads at the top of the article your article title starts way below the fold before you see anything because of all the obvious adword spamming your doing here
stonecoldbikini on Monday 18, 2009

Quit yr cryin’. They gotta make some money somehow!
fernando Amezquita on Monday 18, 2009

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Ryan on Monday 18, 2009

Thanks for sharing! I’ve only used stock.xchng before, and I really recommend them.
Postcard Mailing on Monday 18, 2009

These are excellent resources for stock photos! I’ve used stock exchange before, and found it really useful. The rest are pretty new to me but are definitely worth checking out. Thanks for sharing this extensive list of wonderful stock photo sites! These will definitely come in handy.
Res on Monday 18, 2009

There are loads more free stock photography sites listed at http://freeres.info/free-stock-photos.php
Kun on Monday 18, 2009

Another great website of free pictures is livepict.com where you can find hundreds of concerts and music photography. All images are free, various sizes and all under a Creative Commons license.
Kun on Monday 18, 2009

Another great website of free pictures is http://livepict.com where you can find hundreds of concerts and music photography. All images are free, various sizes and all under a Creative Commons license.
Hay on Monday 18, 2009

I’m missing Wikimedia Commons on this list:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

The main repository for all media content displayed on Wikipedia and related projects. Currently, there are almost five million media files, all freely (commercially) usable, usually under a free license such as Creative Commons BY/BY-SA or GFDL.
Photon on Monday 18, 2009

Thanks!

These are mostly the most known resources.. still i’ve taken a few for my own list..

I am building such a collection too – at http://designbeginshere.com/free-stock-photos.php

Though, sxc is still the biggest and the best! =)
Ed Hardy Belts on Monday 18, 2009

Another great website of free pictures is livepict.com where you can find hundreds of concerts and music photography. All images are free, various sizes and all under a Creative Commons license.