25+ Sources for Free Photos for Your Site and Social Media
Photos Can Take Your Site and Social Media to the Next Level
Much has been written and research has shown that visuals can dramatically improve audience engagement. However, photos can quickly become cost-prohibitive for a start-up or an individual and SMBs may want to allocate resources elsewhere. Thus, it’s critical to find legal, high-quality free pictures.
Below are 25+ sites which offer photographs licensed under creative common public domain, meaning that you can do whatever you want with the pictures, even for commercial use. Obviously, you should verify there are no restrictions or requirements before using.

Free stock photo example
- FreeRangeStock.com
- Pixabay – our current favorite
- Pexels
- Unsplash.com
- VisualHunt.com
Even more options:
- DeathToStockPhotos – must subscribe by email
- FancyCrave.com
- IsoRepublic.com
- Kaboompics.com
- NegativeSpace.co
- StockSnap.io – you’ll find yourself defaulting to search
- Stokpic.com

Free stock photo example
- JayMantri.com
- JeShoots
- Picography.co
- RealisticShots.com
- SnapwireSnaps.com
- Splitshire
- Stock Up
- TravelCoffeeBook.com
Limited selection
- ImCreator.com – not as many photos, but has other elements such as site templates; must give attribution as many are on Flickr
- Magdeleine.co
- PicJumbo.com – one photographer
More unique photos
- FoodiesFeed.com
- Gratisography.com
- New Old Stock – vintage photographs
Need more? This site and this site have done a nice job of aggregating sites.