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Collection images released under CC0, with an open API for search and download.

Licence: CC0

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Photographs of Black and Brown people, published under CC0 so product and editorial sites can use more honest pictures.

Licence: CC0

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Free photographs for personal and commercial projects under the Barnimages Licence. You may not sell the photo itself as a print or merch; credit is not required.

Licence: Barnimages Licence

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Food photography released under terms the site describes as equivalent to CC0, including commercial use, with no attribution required.

Licence: CC0

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High-resolution photographs released under CC0. Credit is welcome, not required.

Licence: CC0

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Public-domain art, prints and objects, cleaned up by Rawpixel for easier reuse. Confirm the licence badge on each file.

Licence: CC0

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A Dutch photo library of everyday objects and streets, published under CC0.

Licence: CC0

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A curated photo library that publishes its images under CC0, so you can use them without attribution.

Licence: CC0

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Photographs and film from NASA missions. Most NASA media is not copyrighted, but the NASA name and identifiers are protected; read the agency's media guidelines.

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Free photographs and stock video. The site has a Pexels Licence covering commercial use; confirm the current terms on their licence page before you publish.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's open-access policy for images of public-domain works. Read the policy page for the current terms.

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A large, searchable library of photographs. The site publishes its own Unsplash Licence; we could not load the licence page from this network, so read it on Unsplash before you publish.

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The Art Institute of Chicago's open-access programme for images of public-domain works. Read the policy page for the current terms.

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Shopify's free stock photo library, shot with commerce and small-business layouts in mind.

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A search across European museums and libraries. Filter by reusable licences; each item keeps the rights statement of its institution.

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Lifestyle and object photographs, published for free use under the site's terms.

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Ryan McGuire's slightly off-kilter studio photographs, offered for personal and commercial use under the site terms.

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A smaller, carefully edited photo collection aimed at designers, with commercial-use terms on the site.

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Styled flat-lays and interiors by Karolina Grabowska, offered as a free photo library.

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Prints, photographs and posters from the Library of Congress. Rights vary; the catalogue record tells you whether an item is restricted.

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High-resolution photographs from Magdeleine, published as a free library.

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A placeholder image service that serves photographs from Unsplash, useful while a layout is still in progress.

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Vintage photographs, scanned and published as a browsing library. Confirm the rights notice before reuse.

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The National Gallery of Art's open-access image library. Confirm the rights notice on the image page.

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Digitised material from the New York Public Library. Many items are public domain; each record states what you can do with it.

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Viktor Hanacek's stock photos. A free set sits alongside a paid, higher-resolution membership.

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Photos, illustrations, vectors and video. The site publishes a Content Licence, and labels media generated by AI. Read the current terms on Pixabay.

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Downloadable images of works in the Rijksmuseum. Open data is offered so you can reuse many of them; confirm the rights on the object page.

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Collection records from the Smithsonian, including a large open-access set. Confirm the rights statement on each object.

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A free stock photo and video site. Confirm the current terms on the site before you publish a shot.

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Images from the history of medicine and health. Many are openly licensed or public domain; the work page states the terms.

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A huge media library. Every file carries its own licence, from CC0 and public domain to CC BY and CC BY-SA. Read the file page before you use it.

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Photographs of women of colour in tech workplaces, shared so product and hiring sites can use more honest pictures. Confirm the licence on the photo page.

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