Do you need a professional-looking stock image for your blog, website or a Facebook post?
Sometimes you can take the photo by yourself. But quite often it's not very easy or even possible.
You might say, but wait, there are images on Google. Yes, there are images on Google, but not free. You cannot just take a photo and use it on your site. You need permission. Otherwise, you can expect that the photographer will sue you.
But don't worry. There is a solution! Many sites offer free stock photos. The list below is constantly updated so you'll be able to find the perfect free image for you to use.
Almost all free stock-photography sites listed have a CC0 license - also known as No Rights Reserved. This means that you can use, copy, edit and share that photo for personal or commercial purposes. And you can do it without special permission, or giving attribution to the author of the photo. You can do whatever you want! If not, it's stated in the description.
Sometimes you have to get a free account. Then you'll get access to photos in better quality or higher resolution.
commercial use: yes, attribution required: no, searchable: yes, gallery size: not sure, probably a few hundreds. Site where you can also register your email and get new stock photos sent you you every week.
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commercial use: yes, attribution required: no, searchable: yes, gallery size: more than 1.000. Realistic and natural looking royalty free images of food.
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free, high resolution photos. JPG format (at least 2400 x 1600 pixels).
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commercial use: yes, attribution required: no, searchable: yes, gallery size: over 1.500.
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commercial use: yes, attribution required: no, searchable: yes, gallery size: not sure, probably a few hundreds. Free stock photo site with weekly updates.
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commercial use: yes, attribution required: no, searchable: yes, gallery size: not sure, probably a few thousands. This site has one interesting function: you can search photos by color.
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nice collection of many free to use (even for commercial purposes) images and vectors.
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free stock photo gallery.
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10 new photos every 10 days, all photos are published under Creative Commons Zero which means you can copy, modify, distribute and use the photos, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission from or providing attribution.
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