As a content marketer, you know the value of finding just the right image to bring text to life — even when you don’t have the budget for original photography. Luckily there are dozens of sites that publish free photos for use by web developers, content creators, bloggers and designers. But with so many sites to choose from and wide swings in quality from site-to-site, finding the compelling, quality photos you need can be a bit of a bear. So we thought we’d clue you in on some of our favorites.
We’ve compiled 49 sources of high quality photos you can use to add a bit of visual interest to your websites, blog posts, tweets, slide shows, newsletters, white papers, ebooks and more. Our client roster is pretty diverse, and so are the sites on our list. Some present small lovingly curated sets from a single photographer. Others are massive archives collecting thousands of images. Some are broad in scope. Others home in on one subject and present in a variety of interesting ways. Some tell you exactly what you’ll find inside (‘Startup Stock Photos’ will give you just that). Others, thankfully, do not (‘morgueFile’ contains no pictures of morgues).
But, as different as they are, all 49 share two things in common: Good quality. No cost.
- Albumarium
- Cupcake (not a collection of cupcake photos…)
- Death to the Stock Photo
- DesignersPics
- Deviant Art
- Epicantus
- FancyCrave
- FindA.Photo
- Foter
- Free Images
- Full of Free
- GetRefe
- Gratisography
- IM Free
- InstaStock
- Iso Republic
- Jay Mantri
- Je Shoots
- Kaboompics
- Life of Pix
- Little Visuals
- Lock and Stock Photography
- MMT
- Made In Moments
- Magdaleine
- morgueFile
- Moveast
- Negative Space
- New Old Stock
- Pexels
- Photo Everywhere
- Picjumbo
- Picography
- Pixabay
- Public Doman Archive
- Raumrot
- Skitterphoto
- Snapographic
- Snapwire Snaps
- Splitshire
- Startup Stock Photos
- Stocka
- StockPhotos
- Stocksnap
- Stokpic
- SuperFamous
- Travel Coffee Book
- Unrestricted Stock
- Unsplash
With our list at your fingertips, you’re bound to find the the perfect, unique, high quality image to accompany content on just about any topic. While all 49 sites feature images that are either in the public domain or free to use under a Creative Commons license, be sure to confirm whether the specific image you’ve chosen requires attribution, allows modifications, or has any restrictions for certain purposes (such as commercial use.)
