Free photos: 21 websites with free stock photos

Photography has always been an integral part of design. In this post we have compiled a list of websites for free stock photos.

Briefly about licenses
Many of these photographs 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 images may require attribution. We have done our best to identify which license they fall under, but we still advise you to check and decide for yourself how these images can be used.

With that out of the way, let's dive into our top picks for free stock photos."

1. StockSnap.io
StockSnap.io has a huge selection of beautiful free stock photos and high-resolution images. The site also has a very handy search function that makes it easy to browse through the thousands of images available. In addition, the site tracks views and downloads so you can find the most popular images available.

2. Pexels
Pexels provides high quality and completely free stock photos licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. All photos are nicely tagged, searchable and easy to find.

3. Unsplash
Unsplash offers a large collection of free high-resolution photos and has become one of the best sources for stock images. The Unsplash team searches through new submissions and presents the very best images on their website. All images are released for free under the Unsplash license.

4. Vecteezy
Vecteezy has over a million free stock photos and a team of curators who manually review every image submitted to the site. Their search is powerful - you can filter image results by color, orientation, style, number of people, age of people, and more. Vecteezy requires attribution but includes signed model and property releases for every free photo. This protects you (and your projects) from legal risks.

5. Pixabay
Pixabay offers a vast collection of free stock photos, vectors and console illustrations. All images are released under Creative Commons CC0.

6. Reshot
Reshot is a huge library of hand-picked free stock photos that you won't find anywhere else. Built for startups, freelancers and manufacturers who are tired of sticky stock photos. Free to use commercially and editorially - no attribution required.

7. FoodiesFeed
FoodiesFeed offers thousands of beautiful realistic free food images in high resolution. It's the perfect photo site for food bloggers.

8. Gratisography
Gratisography offers free high-resolution images that you can use in your personal and commercial projects. New stunning images are added every week and are free of copyright restrictions. All images are taken by Ryan McGuire of Bells Design.

9. Freestocks.org
Freestock offers a wide range of high quality photos, all released under Creative Commons CC0.

10. Picography
Picography features beautiful free stock photos submitted by Dave Meier and various other photographers. All images are released under Creative Commons CC0.

11. Foca
Foca is a collection of high-resolution images from Jeffrey Betts. Jeffrey specializes in photos of workspaces and nature. All images are released under Creative Commons CC0.

12. Picjumbo
Picjumbo is a collection of free photos for commercial and personal use. New photos are added daily from a variety of categories including abstract, fashion, nature, technology and more.

13. Kaboom Pics
Kaboom Pics offers a wide range of high quality free stock photos including abstract, city/architecture, fashion, food, landscape and more. Photos can be used for commercial purposes but cannot be sold or redistributed.

14. SkitterPhoto
SkitterPhoto offers a wide range of free stock photos and is released under Creative Commons CC0. All images are authentic and created by the owners of Skitterphoto.

15. Life of Pix
Life of Pix is a resource created by LEEROY creative agency that offers free high-resolution images without copyright restrictions.

16. Little Visuals
This mention comes with some sad news. The owner of the site Nic passed away but his images are still in his memory. All photos published were released under the Creative Commons public domain license.

17. New Old Stock
Vintage images from the public archives free from known copyright restrictions.

18. Jay Mantri
7 new photos are released every Thursday under the Creative Commons CC0 license. Jay Mantri posts some really nice images with a variety of themes.

19. Picspree
Supported by Getty Images, Picspree offers a huge selection of high quality stock photos completely royalty free. With easy searching and frictionless downloading, Picspree is a great resource for small businesses and web professionals looking for high-quality images without worrying about licensing.

20. ISO Republic
ISO Republic offers a wide range of photos; they add new images every day for free under the CCO license.

21. StyledStock
StyleStock offers free feminine images for every female entrepreneur. The collection is completely free for commercial and personal use.