2022 updated list:
- Free CCommons “stock” images wordpress.org/photos
- https://pexels.com
- https://unsplash.com
- https://pixabay.com
- https://barnimages.com
- https://flickr.com
Great photos (public domain) can be found from U.S. government agency websites:
- USA.gov is a government-operated website that was founded to give access to government agencies and resources.
And a bigger list:
- NASA Images: Space
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library: animals, plants, nature, and wildlife.
- NOAA Photo Library: nature, weather, oceans, and wildlife.
- U.S. Department of Defense DefenseLIN: military, war, politics, and the President.
- Library of Congress Geography & Map Reading Room: historical and current maps.
- National Archives America’s Historical Documents: history, politics, and historical events.
- National Park Service Digital Image Archives: nature, history, and national parks around the U.S.
And some searchengines to help find free photos:
Many photo editors want to boycott Getty Images because of their “extortion” letters. List of Getty Images owned sites:
- iStockphoto
- MediaVast
- WireImage
- FilmMagic
- Contour Photos
- Master Delegates
- Redferns Music Picture Library
- Jupiterimages – stock.xchng and StockXpert
- Corbis announced that it had sold its image licensing business, including the Corbis Images, Corbis Motion and Veer libraries and their associated assets, to an affiliate of Visual China Group—Getty’s exclusive distributor in China. Concurrently, it was announced that VCG would, after a transition period, license distribution and marketing of the Corbis library outside of China to Getty. The firm will also manage Corbis’s physical archives
Some of these links are via: Matthew Chan
This YouTube video covers best practices for using other people’s images
