And while the image quality may not always be the best, you’d be surprised at the great photos you can find. Here are some free stock photo websites to help you with your search.

Free Stock Photo Sites

• BurningWell
  Repository for public domain (free for any use) images.
• Creative Commons Photo Search
  Convenient access to search services provided by other independent organizations.
• Department of Energy Digital Photo Archive
  The DOE Digital Photo Archive serves as a centralized resource for thousands of photographs that depict the Department’s various programs.
• DHD Multimedia Gallery
  Free photos for your Website, PC and Projects
• dieBlen
  The Digital Picture Archive (German language only)
• Dreamstime
  Huge selection of free images. Also offer images for sale for as low as $0.20 each.
• EveryStockPhoto
  Free photo search engine including photos from NASA and the Library of Congress.
• FEMA Photo Library
  Photographs are not protected by copyright unless noted. If copyrighted, permission should be obtained from the copyright owner prior to use.
• FreeFoto.com
  Proclaimed as the largest collection of free photographs on the Internet
• FreeImages
  6,000+ Free Stock Images
• FreeStockPhotos.com
  Free Photography for Personal or Commercial use
• Gimp Savvy
  A Community-Indexed Photo Archive
• Image*After
  Image*After is a large online free photo collection. You can download and use any image or texture from our site and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial.
• Kave Wall Stock
  Free (low resolution) Stock Photos, Images and Textures. Hi-res images are $20 for 100 photos
• Lockheed Martin Digital Photo Collection
  Photos provided for non-commercial use. They may be used for educational and editorial purposes only.
• morgueFile
  Public image archive for creatives by creatives
• NASA Multimedia Gallery
  NASA featured images and galleries.
• NASA: Great Images in NASA library of images
  Collection of over a thousand images of significant historical interest scanned at high-resolution in several sizes
• Photorack
  30,000 free images. You don’t have to register to gain access to the photos and the images are watermark free.
• Socksoff
  Free desktop wallpapers
• stock.xchng
  Free stock photos — now owned by iStockphoto
• StockVault
  27,000 images and you don’t need to register to download.

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Disclaimer: The links and information contained on this page are for reference purposes only. The content and opinions contained on the sites provided through these links are those of the author and do not necessarily state or reflect those of Kristof Creative.

This is your tax dollars hard at work, you might as well get your money’s worth and make use of all the free stock photos they have available.

Government Stock Photo Resources

• Department of Energy Digital Photo Archive
  The DOE Digital Photo Archive serves as a centralized resource for thousands of photographs that depict the Department’s various programs.
• FEMA Photo Library
  Photographs are not protected by copyright unless noted. If copyrighted, permission should be obtained from the copyright owner prior to use.
• NASA Multimedia Gallery
  NASA featured images and galleries.
• NASA: Great Images in NASA library of images
  Collection of over a thousand images of significant historical interest scanned at high-resolution in several sizes

Disclaimer: The links and information contained on this page are for reference purposes only. The content and opinions contained on the sites provided through these links are those of the author and do not necessarily state or reflect those of Kristof Creative.