Best websites for free stock photos

Free stock photos don’t have to be stiff, posed, or low quality. With the websites below, you can search through thousands of beautiful, high-quality stock photos and graphics to find exactly what your project needs.

Unsplash

With Unsplash, you can search through a library of over 2 million high-quality, high-resolution photos and images, all of which are completely free to use. Browse through categories like nature, people, current events, fashion, and more—or search for exactly what you need.

Plus, Unsplash always includes the creator’s information, so you can easily give credit to the photographers who power your work.

Pixels

Pexels also offers a huge library of quality, free-to-use stock photos. Unlike Unsplash, Pixels also includes stock videos you can download and use, too.

Explore popular collections from “covid” to “Pride Month” to “cute cats” or search for the specific photo or video you need. Download your chosen file in one click and easily give credit to the artist behind the image or video.

Pixabay

Pixabay also offers a huge collection of more than 2.3 million high-quality images, videos, and even music that are completely free to download and use.

Stock images on Pixabay include photos, vector graphics, and illustrations, making it one of the most flexible libraries of free imagery. Browse through each category or search for whatever you’re looking for.