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Wikipedia
http://wikipedia.org/
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia available in ten languages. When looking up any entry, you might find photos or images that you’d like to use. Some are public domain and available for re-use. To find out, click on the image of interest and read its description to read its copyright rules.
CC Search
http://search.creativecommons.org/
The Creative Commons Search engine specializes in finding different content on the Web, which have been published with a Creative Commons license allowing re-use, and in some cases even modifying the work.
freeFoto
http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
Apparently the brainchild of a busy traveling English photographer, Ian Britton, FreeFoto is an online resource providing showcase for a many photographic images for which, in spite of the site name, there are strong usage restrictions. The sites states:
At the same time we allow anyone to download our web size images to use on the internet (link back and attribution required)
Also non-commercial users may download our web size images to use off-line in school projects, church services, leaflets, etc. Basically if your off-line use
is not commercial you can download our web size images for free. All we ask is that you follow these simple rules.
You must credit the FreeFoto.com web site on your website or alongside any non commercial printed use. If you use one of the full screen images you must place
a hypertext link with the line Supplied by FreeFoto.com in a conspicuous place.
We also ask that you add a (c) FreeFoto.com to the image alt tag. You may also use our images on blogs, forums, social networking sites and video sharing sites
like YouTube. You MAY NOT use the images to create your own photo gallery web site.
Ourmedia.org
http://www.ourmedia.org/
Ourmedia is a (still in alpha) non-commercial free clearinghouse for all rich-media content for sharing, re-use and enjoyed by as many people as possible. In partnership with the Internet Archive, Ourmedia has unlimited storage space for hosting user submitted images, video and audio clips. There are no costs and the only requirement is that the material is not protected by copyright. This allows some re-use and republication as every image clearly
indicates.
Flickr
http://ww.flickr.com/
Flickr.com, bought by Yahoo, is one of the best ways to store, search, sort and share your photos. This online software application and image resource has super features and a community of world contributors, plus it’s s easy to use. Not your typical photo archive, Flickr is more of a repository of personal shots and individual home photo collections as opposed to a public repository for images to be shared and re-used. But with the large amount of content available, it is difficult not to find something that could fit your visual needs. Note: Each person publishing images on Flickr can select and specify the type of licensing to be applied to those pictures — from fully reserved copyright to any of the Creative Commons licenses. So look carefully for the explicit author permissions specified on each individual photo page. The Attribution License page lists the 100 most recently licensed photos.
49PM Photo Search
http://server9.49pm.com/
http://www.49pm.com/photosearch.html#yahoo (mobile phone info) 49PM’s Photo Search is a free online service that allows you to search the Internet for photos that can be immediately viewed and saved on your mobile phone. With 49PM technology, it’s also possible to view each photo summary and the Internet location. The technology works on almost any Java-enabled mobile phone with a color display — these include many models such as Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Siemens, LG, Samsung and others.
StockVault
http://www.stockvault.net/
Stockvault is a stock photo resource which offers medium-sized images for personal and non-commercial use. Stockvault has evolved from stock.b-man.dk and features images from various photographers, both professional and amateur.
PDPhoto
http://pdphoto.org/
PDPhoto.org is a repository for free public domain photos. It contains about 2,000 photographs under a many categories. One person has taken most of the photos. Unless something is clearly marked as copyrighted, you can assume it is free to use. But if you intend to use an image from here for commercial use, please be aware others may have rights that could be actionable. Specifically, you should assume there was no model release. And pictures featuring products or property should be used with care.
Image After
http://www.imageafter.com/
Image*After is a free online photo collection. Download and use any image or texture from the site to use in person or commercial work per the terms of use. At the top is a drop-down list for browsing images and textures by category or you can use the search box.
tOfz dot org
http://tofz.org/index.php
tOfz dot org is one photographer’s collection of everyday urban life. Jeremie Zimmerman, the person behind the site, sorts his photos by location and categories. He shares his favorites. You can search by keywords or click on *coma* to get a randomly selected photo. The site uses the Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Creative Commons license and free art license (Copyleft Attitude) from License Art Libre. This site is available in English and French. A small, but respectable collection.
Free Stock Photos
http://free-stockphotos.com/
Free-StockPhotos.com is a collection of (what else?) free stock photos available for use in personal and commercial design projects as long as the terms of use are followed. The images are sorted by category, but the category pages don’t have thumbnails.
FreePhotos.com
http://www.freephotos.com/
FreePhotos.com offers over 1000 royalty free photos with no usage restrictions for Web site or print work use. The site doesn’t ask for reciprocal links or credits. Photographers who submit photos have a chance to win prizes and here are the Terms of Service and Upload Rules for photographers. A nice site with photos that are worthy of re-use.
Photo Rogue
http://www.photorogue.com/
Photo Rogue has a unique concept — if you can’t find a picture you need, submit a request to Photo Rogue and you might see your request fulfilled. The site relies on volunteer photographers. Before submitting a request, review the Guidelines. The service is free and you can read more about the rights in the volunteering FAQ.
Aarin Free Photo and Digital Images
http://aarinfreephoto.com/
Aarin Free Photo and Digital Images offers over 950 free photos and images for personal and commercial use. You may download and use the images on your Web site, print ads, brochures or any other end products as long as you display the copyright information per the Web site.
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