I know. Trying to find great free stock photos isn’t easy. Complex license schemes makes it even harder. I’ve been using mostly unsplash.com for truly free images but here’s a list of 14 other free stock photo websites that provide some really amazing images.

All photos are listed under cc0

All photos are listed under cc0

All photos are listed under cc0

All photos are listed under cc0

Images are available under the conditions of a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license

No copyright restrictions

Free of copyright restrictions

All photos on StockSnap fall under the Creative Commons CC0 license

Public Domain

do anything (CC0)

CC0 License

Public Domain

Free for commercial use

CC0 License
4 comments
I use the free stock photos sometimes… another will certainly be useful!
I’ll check them out! Thanks!
It’s always good to have such bookmarks handy :)
Hi, very informative article.
Please also check out https://www.goodfreephotos.com for thousands of unique public domain photos, all high-resolution and free to use for any purpose. We update with 20+ photos each week. Appreciate it if you could add us to your list of sites.
Great list, Gerasimos. I saw https://www.stockvault.net/ didn’t make your list. Personally, it’s one of my favorites. It’s not as large as as Pexels or an Unsplash, but I’ve found pretty good variety on there. If you do make any updates or additions to the list in the future, I think this would fit great with the current theme of the list.