FREE IMAGES & CREATIVE COMMONS
Creative Commons and Public Domain Images
About Creative Commons Licenses
Find Creative Commons Images in Google Image Search in 3 steps:
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Type a search word/term
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Click Tools
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Select Usage Rights → Creative Commons licenses
An A-to-Z list of FREE access to sharable copyrighted images:
4 Free Photos - for personal and commercial use. Scroll to the bottom of the screen to search by category.
Antique Clipart - Victorian and Edwardian stylistic clipart
Burning Well - free images donated by photographers all over the world
Clipart Etc. - over 71,000 pieces of clipart, free for teachers and students
Creativity103.com - more than 2,500 files; abstract backgrounds, textures, and design ideas
Flickr Creative Commons Search - inside Flickr; search by typing a term and then selecting “Any license” → change to “All creative commons”
Icons - a collection of Crystal Clear icons
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
MorgueFile - 40,000 images, searchable by subject, size or rating. “The term ‘morgue file’ describes a collection of reference images & inspirations that is kept as a record alongside a creative project”
National Digital Library - from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Open Clip Art Library - over 17,000 pieces of clip art
The Noun Project - over 3 million icons and photos (for everything!)
PhotoEverywhere - spectacular travel photography
Pics4Learning - images and drawings
PikWizard - high quality, free stock photos
Pixabay - stunning photos and clipart
Pixnio - high resolution photos to search by typing into the search bar or browse popular public domain galleries
TGW Studio - free stock photos with authentic diversity
Vecteezy - high quality photography
Wikimedia Commons - browse their database of over 79 million images and media files
WorldImages Kiosk - California State University's database contains around 100,000 images