Guides: Finding Freely Available Media Online: Images & Photographs

Freely Available Images and Photographs

Google Advanced Image Search
Narrow your search by "Usage Rights" to filter for results that are free to reuse or modify.
Flickr
Filter your results by license on the top left of the results page.
Wikimedia Commons
Access to images uploaded to the various Wikimedia Foundation websites. Some images require attribution.
Compfight
Some images on this site are under copyright, make sure to use the "Creative Commons" Filter.
Freeimages.com
Over 389,505 photographs and illustrations.
Morguefile
Over 350,000 post-production stock photos.
Pixabay
All images and videos on Pixabay are released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. You may download, modify, distribute, and use them royalty free for anything you like, even in commercial applications. Attribution is not required
OpenPhoto
Curated open source photography.
Free Digital Photos
Our free photos and illustrations are ideal for business, personal and educational use. Every image is free, with an option to buy larger images at reasonable prices.
Gratisography
Free high-resolution pictures you can use on your personal and commercial projects. New awesome pictures added weekly!
Pexels
All photos on Pexels are free to modify or use for commercial purposes. No attribution is required.

Art Images for College Teachers
Getty Open Content Program
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Most, but not all, of the images on this site are copyright free. Look for the "OASC" icon under the photo to make sure it has an open license.
National Gallery of Art
Asian Historical Architecture
Europeana
Provides access to the digital resources of Europe’s museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections including paintings, drawings, maps, photos and pictures of museum objects. Not all the works are openly licensed so be sure to check for usage rights.