Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight

The New York Public Library just released a treasure trove of digitized public domain images, everything from epic poetry from the 11th century to photographs of used car lots in Columbus, Ohio from the 1930s. Over 180,000 manuscripts, maps, photographs, sheet music, lithographs, postcards, and other images were released online Wednesday in incredibly high resolution, and are available to download using the library's user-friendly visualization tool. It's a nostalgist's dream come true....

Over 800,000 high quality photos, illustrations, and vector graphics.

 

Free for commercial use. No attribution required.

 

Free images and videos you can use anywhere.

 

All images and videos on Pixabay are released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. You may download, modify, distribute, and use them royalty free for anything you like, even in commercial applications. Attribution is not required....

Think of all the photos of smiling receptionists and perfectly suited business leaders you've come across. These images may compete for attention, but often fail to register, simply because your customers can’t identify with them.

Use photos that more closely relate to your audience. It’s what we call "real photography" here at EyeEm: Unique captures, delightful moments, and surprising perspectives. Images that are more concrete will resonate with audiences much more powerfully since they show real life rather than staged situations.

To visualize what we mean, we put together a handful of generic images alongside a ‘real’ counterpart sourced from our community of photographers. The proof is in the pictures, but we'll let you see for yourself....

Visual content is an important segment of each website, blog and social media profiles. Of course, not everyone is able to have a large financial budget to  fully cover advertising, hosting, and therefore the visual part of your brand awareness and marketing strategy. There are many popular websites where you can find and download high quality images for your website or social media profile.

Of course, for FREE!

Check out these 10 Websites where you can find free photos....

Recently I have seen more and more beautiful photos used on websites, themes, design mockups and shots on Dribbble. I don’t know who has started this out but I highly appreciate Unsplash initiative for providing beautiful free stock photos to do whatever you want. I have been inspired by this movement and started sharing some of my best mobile photos on Refe as well.

As a designer personally, I can’t stand ugly cliché stock photos, amateur level pictures and other low quality imagery used in any form of design. I am constantly in search of beautiful photos for my personal and client work and thought that you may find this collection useful....

Are you searching for the perfect image for your website, blog post, advertisement, or media project, but don’t want to spend a dime? StockPhotosforFree.com has you covered, providing a selection of over 100,000 completely free stock photos that you can use in all types of projects (even commercial!), and there are never any fees.

Who we are and why we’re free:

StockPhotosforFree is your best resource for high-quality free stock photos. Most of the free stock photos found on our site originate on our parent sites, GraphicStock and VideoBlocks. It is because of these two sites that we are fortunate enough to provide you with the high-quality stock photos found on StockPhotosforFree. Explore our content and check out our parent sites to find amazing free stock images and build your collection.

Where our free stock photos come from:

Most of the original 100,000 photos on our website are from still frames pulled out of HD videos on VideoBlocks.com. That said, we are constantly adding new photos to our site. This includes super high resolution shots provided by professional photographers from around the world. Everything is free, so check back often!...

Some of these sites I’ve been using for years, like when I was creating my most recent SlideShare deck: 7 Ways to Grow Your Online Course Audience.

 

Others are newer finds from some trusted resources, like Buffer blog, nu School, andBootstrap Bay.

 

The following sites made the list because one, the photos they share are beautiful, and two, the photos are compelling images that do not look like the typical, generic stock image. The photos make an impact. Plus searching around the sites aren’t difficult either.

 

Importantly, I’ve done all the hard work for you. I’ve checked to make sure that each photo site in this list falls under the Creative Commons Zero license. AKA they are free to use for your commercial and personal needs!  (Find a more detailed legal explanation at the end)...

Visuals are a key component of your eLearning course design. But what if your eLearning budget doesn't allow for high quality images? In this article, I'll share the top 10 free eLearning stock photo sites that you should check out....

Having access to free high quality stock photography can mean the difference between a good project and an amazing one. Check out 10 of our favorite resources.

Today we are sharing with you 10 of our favorite websites that provide free high quality stock photography. Please keep in mind that many of the photographs from the websites below are free from copyright restrictions or licensed under creative commons public domain dedication. This means you can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

However, some photos may require attribution so it’s best to do your own research and determine how these images can be used....