Are you one of the 46% of marketers who say photography is critical to their current marketing and storytelling strategies?
Images are an important part of your online presence, Researchers found that coloured visuals increase people's willingness to read a piece of content by 80%. That's a big percentage, but finding that perfect picture for your website, blog or advertising campaign can always be a tricky, especially if your budget is tight, well never fear, I have compiled the Ultimate List of free stock photo websites, allowing you to search for that perfect free image
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This list is a combination of sites, photographers who produce their own images, community sites allowing users to upload photographs and search engines.
The Ultimate List of FREE Stock Photo Websites
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Albumarium.com The best place to find and share beautiful images, all stored in albums
All Free Download over100,000 free stock photos: vectors, web templates, PSDs, font, video, wallpapers, patterns
AllTheFreeStock.com Free Stock Images, Videos, Music and Icons in one location.
Avopix.com over150,000 free photographs, illustrations, vectors, and illustrations you can use in your next project.
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BarnImages.com photography that’s fresh, nothing that duplicates the stock photography you’ll find elsewhere.
Bara-Art.com Free high resolution photos for your personal and even commercial projects!
Bucket Listly collection of over 10,000+ free travel photos from all over the world anyone can use
Burst (by Shopify) free stock photo site courtesy of Shopify. It features tons of great-quality images
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Canva.com Free online design tool, also includes a library of free stock photos that you can use in your designs
Christmasstockimages.com you guessed it, everything Christmas
Clker.com Free clip art
CompFight.com image search engine tailored to efficiently locate images for blogs, comps, inspiration, research
CreativeCommons.org authors let everyone use their awesome pictures for free on the condition of attribution
Creepyhalloweenimages.com free library containing 100's of great quality halloween related images and clipart
cupcake.nilssonlee.se Free original images to use as you want
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DeathToTheStockPhoto.com Artist Owned Co-op, provides you with the freshest authentic stock photos and videos
Designerspics.com Free Hi-res photos for your personal & commercial use.
dreamstime.com/free-photos High resolution royalty-free and public domain images
DreamsTime.com 153 million stock photos; worlds largest stock community
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Everypixel.com AI powered stock search engine, over 20 stock image sties, for both free and paid photography.
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FancyCrave.com Perfect for web design, background/desktop images, articles, cover images, posters, advertising
Finda.photo Browse through over 1 million high-quality stock photos across multiple free and paid stock photo sites
Flickr.com community of photographers and photo storage site
FOCAstock.com Free photos, videos, and templates for commercial use
FoodiesFeed.com Best resource for highly visually appealing free food photos in high resolution
Foter.com source of high quality free photos and inspiration for journalists and graphic designers
Freedigitalphotos.net Download free and premium stock photos
Freefoodphotos.com awesome food photos. Catergorized by type of food, there's also cookware
Freeimages.com royalty-free photos by subject, photographer, or even camera
FreeLargePhotos.com high quality, high-resolution photos to individuals for their personal use for free
FreelyPhotos.com high-quality Christian stock photography available for FREE
FreeMediagoo.com Unique Royalty-Free Stock Photos, Textures and More
Freepik online library of free stock photos, vectors, and PSD files that you can use in your creative projects.
Freepixels Nature, architecture, objects, people, work, and food & drink
Freenaturestock.com Royalty-free CC0 nature stock photos and videos
Freestocks.org small collection of stock photography set up by a group of three photographers.
FromOldBooks.org Pictures, Engravings and Extracts From Old Books
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GetRefe.com high-quality imagery of people interacting with technology for your projects
Glyphs.co Glyphs is the easiest way to find, customize, and deliver graphics
GoodFreePhotos.com high resolution free photos and vectors
Goodstock.photos Free to use anywhere for personal or commercial projects
Gratisography.com quirky… beautiful… arresting. Images that make your audience’s heart beat just a little faster
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Hubspot Free Stock photo collection downloadable collection of photos; office, computer, kitchen, miscellaneous.
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Imagefinder.co Royalty free stock photos from the world's best photographers
Imago Free stock photos, by a group of people passionate about getting the right visuals to News, Sports & Brand.
ISOrepublic.com Thousands of Free High-Resolution CC0 Photos and Videos
istock stock photos from iStock by Getty Images. offers free photos, illustrations, video clips for download each week
Ivorymix.com free styled stock photos, for content creators & creative experts. get weekly tips, & monthly updates
Iwaria.com Free African high quality photos for your projects
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JayMantri.com quality high res photos
Jeshoots.com Free stock photos for websites and commercial use. Seriously!
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KaboomPics.com Free stock photography and colour palettes
Kiviphtos.com animals, architecture, education, food, military (WW2), nature, people, technology, transportation
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Libreshot.com Free for commercial use. No watermark. No attribution. Guaranteed origin
lifeofpix.com Free, high resolution images
LittleVisuals.co Free, high resolution images
lookingglass Totally free-to-use photos. All original pics by photographer Lisa
Lostandtaken.com cool close ups and lots of textures, best for background images and graphics
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Magdeleine.co one free high resolution photograph every day
Mazwai.com free stock footage clips, hand-picked by our in-house team of video professionals.
mmtstock.com Free photos, videos, and templates for commercial use
Moose from the team behind Icons8, this is a collection of stock photography from topical categories
Morguefile.com Free images for creatives, by creatives
Moveast.me This is a journey of a Portuguese guy moving that decided that every photo should be used for free
MyStock.Photos Unique and free stock images
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Nappy.co Beautiful photos of black and brown people for free
Nasa Image Library stars, planets, glazes and celestial bodies, earth from space, telescopes, tech, astronauts.
Negativespace.co Beautiful, High-Resolution No Cost Stock Images.
New Old Stock Vintage photos from the public archives.
NoblWeb.com Providing you with free, high-resolution photos and textures, for all your web design projects
Nomad.Pictures Free Stock Photos for commercial Use.
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Openclipart.org Openclipart. Since 2004, Now with 162391 clipart
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Pakutaso.com Japanese stock photography, search functions are in Japanese
Pexels.com best free stock photos & videos shared by talented creators.
Photober.com Free Stock Photos for commercial Use.
Photoeverywhere.co.uk travel photos from various cities, UK, USA, Australia, Asia, and a few European cities.
photopin.com millions of Creative Commons photos and add them to your blog posts easily
PhotoStockEditor.com Free Stock Photos for commercial Use
Picjumbo.com free stock photos, backgrounds and free high-resolution images for personal and commercial use
Pickupimage.com Free high resolution photos
Picography.co Gorgeous, High-Resolution, Free Photos
Picspree.com selection of images uploaded by a community of contributors.
Pikwizard.com (mostly) free stock image & video site with libraries that hold over 1 million stock images and videos
Pixabay.com Over 1.9 million+ high quality stock images, videos and music
Pond5.com world’s largest collection of royalty-free stock video, with music, motion graphics
Publicdomainarchive.com Free stock photos
Pxhere.com directory of images contributed by several photographers.
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Raumrot.com Free stock photos
RawPixel.com The best safe to use design resources for everyone
realisticshots.com Free stock photos (high resolution) for personal and commercial use.
Reshot Free Icons, Illustrations & Photos
Resplashed.com Stunningly amazing free photos
Rgbstock.com backgrounds textures flowers business family internet food landscapes cars
Richandwild.com Beautifuly crafted Ultra High Definition images, Inspiration in your inbox every fortnight
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Scatterjar.com Delicious free food photographs for creatives
Sciencestockphotos.com astronomy, biology, chemistry, electrical, engineering, geology and physics
search.creativecommons.org Browse over 500 million images, available for reuse
Shotstash.com Free HD stock pictures for creative professionals
Shutteroo.com Download free stock photos captured by Klaye Morrison
sitebuilderreport.com/stock-up indexes 34,978 photos from 31 different free stock photo websites.
Skitterphoto.com Ready to use graphics
Skuawk.com Public domain photos
Slon.pics over 2,000 artistic shots from all over the world
Snapwiresnaps.tumblr.com License & commission photos from the world's most talented photographers
Spiltshire.com collection of royalty-free photos by professional photographer Daniel Nanescu.
Splashbase.co Ready to use graphics
splitshire.com Beautiful & exclusivefree stock photos.
startupstockphotos.com Startup Stock Photos are free startup, office, and tech stock photos for your next project
Stockarch.com Creative Commons image gallery, has a wide range of categories
Stockified.com small collection, high-res photographs all taken in India. Lots of motorbikes
Stockmedia.cc business, technology, seasonal, finance, farming, food, objects, weather, travel, and nature.
Stockpholio.net Free Stock Photos For Commercial Use
Stocksnap.io Beautiful free stock photos
Stockup aggregated database of free stock photos from several websites
Stockvault.net Free stock images, with new illustrations added every day
Stokpic.com Free Stock Photos For Commercial Use
StreetWill.co high-res artistic photos mostly urban and nature scenes, architecture, landscapes and cities
Styledstock.co Beautiful FREE styled images for your projects
Sunipix.com over 20,000 royalty free stock photos, ffor personal and commercial projects.
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ThePatternLibrary.com a library of patterns
ThePicPac.com Pay what you want, high quality photographs
TheStocks.im Database which searches several stock image websites.
TravelCoffeeBook.com Sharing beautiful travel moments. All photos are listed under cc0.
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Unrestrictedstock.com Free and Unrestricted Stock Photos & Vectors.
Unsplash.com The internet’s source of freely-usable images. Powered by creators everywhere.
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Vecteezy.com free vector art, stock photos & videos
Vintagestockphotos.com unique collection of retro old photos that have been scanned from original images
VisualHunt.com We hunt free high quality stock photos
Voodoostock.com collection of creepy urban images, graveyards, animals, insects, road and abandoned buildings.
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Wikimedia.org a global movement whose mission is to bring free educational content to the world
Wunderstock.com a mission to archive as many photos as possible, all in one place.
Wylio.com A time saving service for using Creative Commons pictures.