Mark Crosling of Strategic Content recently published the ultimate guide for all your free photo needs. Listing 56 websites, you can use it to download high-quality photos at no cost. All the listed free photo websites have been summarized to include information about:

  • any copyright restrictions.
  • whether photo attribution is required.
  • search capability on the site to find photos.
  • whether signup is required.
  • link to the website.

Unless specified in the summary below, photos are free of copyright restrictions, which means you can download them and use them for commercial or personal purposes, without attribution.

I was particularly impressed by some websites that specialize in specific topics, such as food or vintage photos. Just click on the images to visit the respective website!

Vintage

New Old Stock

New Old Stock - Royalty-Free Photos | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

New Old Stock contains vintage photos from the public archives. They are not just free of copyright restrictions, but also a great way to pass your time scrolling through them!

Ancestry Images

Ancestry Images - Royalty-Free Photos | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

The site is a free image archive of historical prints and images dating from the 17th but mostly from the later 18th century and 19th century.

Food

FoodiesFeed

FoodiesFeed - Royalty-Free Photos | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

FoodiesFeed is a resource of free realistic food photos in high resolution and free digital goods related to food.

Aggregators

Bossfight

BossFight - Royalty-Free Photos | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

Bossfight aggregates photos daily from other popular free photo download sites that are free of restrictions. You can download photos individually, subscribe for free, or get a downloadable zip file of EVERY image once a month.

RBGstock

RGBstock - Royalty-Free Photos | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

One of the largest collections of free high-quality photographs. RGBStock is searchable by tag or category and photos are free of all copyright restrictions.

Visual Hunt

VisualHunt - Royalty-Free Photos | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

Another aggregator that curates the best free images from many online sources and pulls them together.

Travel and Nature

Bucketlistly

Bucketlistly - Royalty-Free Photos | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

Bucketlistly contains 2800+ travel photos categorized by country.

Moveast

Moveast - Royalty-Free Photos | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

João Pacheco, a designer born and raised in Portugal, has posted high-quality travel photos from his journeys to Asia.

Travel Coffee Book

Travel Coffee Book - Royalty-Free Photos | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

A large collection of travel photos from different destinations.

Free Nature Stock

Free Nature Stock - Royalty-Free Photos | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

Free Nature Stock is the ultimate destination for nature lovers.

Other

Minimography

Minimography - Royalty-Free Photos | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books

Minimography specializes in royalty-free minimalist photos.

See the complete list on Strategic Content!