Are you looking for free stock images for a website or blog? Sites like Istock, Shutterstock, or Getty Images have some really great content but if you need a lot of images for your site or other publications it can get costly, quick.
It’s also important to ensure that the images you’re using on your site are royalty-free and not bound by copyright. Copyright law is complex. Different states and countries have their own copyright laws and some allow the image owner to file suit if they find you using an image without sufficient permission. In other words, it’s not ok to just grab an image from Google Images and call it a day.
Luckily, there are some great resources online that offer images that are in the public domain meaning that they aren’t subject to copyright or royalties and are free to use for personal or even commercial purposes.
The sites listed below collectively have tens of thousands of free stock images so you can use them with the peace of mind that you are not breaking any copyright law, anywhere in the world. What’s more, the image quality is usually very high, making them perfect for digital, and in many cases, print publications.
Here are some of our favorite free image resource sites:
And if you can’t find what you’re looking for on the sites above, here are some more that we turn to on occasion: