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Huh, I know there are maybe even too many articles about places, where to search for photos and images, but those articles were usually very old, many sites do not work anymore and that kind of stuff. So my goal was to create ultimate collection with the best places where to search for and get nice quality images. I think every site of this list is worth checking out, although in most cases with sxc.hu site alone is enough.
1. Sxc.hu
The leading free stock photo site. If You don’t know about this site and call Yourself a designer, I’ll feel ashamed – MUST KNOW site offering an impressive collection of many high-quality photos taken by amateur photographers from around the world. There are more than 380.000 quality stock photos. If You are searching for something this is the first place where to look, totally my favorite one.
EveryStockPhoto site is becoming more and more popular, now there are 4,4 million free photos!
3. MorgueFile
One more site worth looking for. “This morgue file contains free high resolution digital stock photographs and reference images for either corporate or public use. The purpose of this site is to provide free image reference material for illustrators, comic book artist, designers, teachers and all creative pursuits.” – Quote from their homepage. 
4. Flickr
Everybody know about this site with their main purpose as photo management and sharing application. Great place for inspiration and searching for good photographs, but don’t forget to check author’s license, before using them.
5. Deviantart
Very popular community and also very good photos sometimes can be found there, but yes, don’t forget about license and asking authors first for their permission.
6. Kavewall
All images are separated in 18 different categories with really handy navigation.
7. StockVault
More than 11,000 stock photos are available for now.
8. 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 and currently there are more than 20,000 free textures and images available.
11. FreeFoto
FreeFoto.com is made up of 122879 images with 157 sections organized into 3386 categories for now, pretty impressive indeed.
12. DreamsTime
Over 4 million photographs are over here for free or 0.20$/image.
13. FreeRange
All images are at least 2400 x 1600, and photos can be used for commercial or personal projects. 
15. FreeStockImages
16. TurboPhoto
17. Visipix
18. FreePhotosBank
19. Cepolina
Over 8,000 photos available for now, each photo can be downloaded in five formats – up to 1024×768px.
20. BigFoto
This interesting site offers high resolution and really beautiful photos of continents.
21. OpenPhoto
20 different categories with high quality nature and architectural photos.
22. ShutterStock
4,9 million royalty-free stock photos with almost 80 000 new photos every week.
23. PdPhoto
Several thousands of royalty free pictures here and free for use.
24. FromOldBooks
FromOldBooks site offers scanned images, engravings and pictures from old books 
25. FreeImages
2500 original stock photos for free.
26. DexHaus
More than 5,000 free photos out there and free for commercial use.
28. FreeLargePhotos
29. ImageBase
Every picture is free to use and really high resolution – from 1600×1200 until 3072×2048px! 
30. PhotoRack
All pictures listed at PhotoRack are Free to use for personal and commercial projects. 
If You know some more good free stock photo sites, please share with us, to evolve our design community!!
your stok very good. :)
this is thank you.. :)
wow Great article, thanks!
great i never seen before.
a brand new hight quality free stock photo site: http://www.rgbstock.com
Check it out!
http://www.KosherStock.com offers weekly free photos for personnal and commercial use. KS is a royalty-free microstock site (photos, illustrations and cliparts) focusing on the Jewish life, culture and religion.
My version of best Free Stock Photos Sites
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While not a photography site per se, my site Reusable Art contains public domain vintage images. All images include the original publication information to honor each artist and follows the Berne Convention standards making the images in the public domain in most of the world.
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This list is really helpful for designers to collect quality images. Thanks for great microstock news and resources.
Nice collection, thank you. I often use sxc.hu – a very handy site to often find everything I need in one place, but sometimes I can’t quite find everything there, and your list here looks good to go through when that happens.
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Reflex Stock Photography – http://www.reflexstock.com is one of the most competitive stock photography websites around, offering clients credit packages for up to 73% cheaper than any other major stock photography website.
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hoho, nice collection, thanx. i was using stockxpert so far, definetly will check some of these sites
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fotolia is the best and they’ll stay it
I use flickr for all of my picture needs. Yeah sometimes it can be a hassle trying to search for the perfect one in creative commons, but I just never think to look elsewhere.
Hello.
Firstly great list. But i love how places like flickr are so popular but there are still, and always will be smaller sites that have as good of quality of photos. Can get some nice finds too. :)
Dan.
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This site offers stock photos, not all for free but really cheap. I often use photos from this site in my blog. Pagemace.com
Sorry, wrong address…. The correct address Photomace.com
Excellent list.. All photos links are very nice. I like it very much, it may helps to web designers and graphics designers. Thanks a lot for posting.
very usefull.. thanks!
Hi,
It’s cool collection, and new also.
I was searching new photo sharing sites and I got it all here.
That collection is incredible!
Jangid Community
That collection is incredible!
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Great collection, Thanks for posting about photos and images collections site so that designers can easily make reference whenever they in need of images .
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Now I have unlimited access to great resources for images.
It’s cool collection, and new also. I was searching new photo sharing sites and I got it all here.
Thanks dear for share above all.
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Also http://4freephotos.com. A good colection of images.
Hi
this is very usefull site for designers,
keep it up,
Kumar
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this is a ghatia side
Thank You very much, its really great collections
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yes agree, this is really ultimate collections
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Hey! Nice job here! I’ll be dropping by from time to time :)
Hey,
Great collection here. Thanks For All.
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It is very nice information for Users..
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Naresh Jangid
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Cool Information..
I love searching for pics at these photo sites, even if i do not search for something special it is just cool to see the great pictures at this sites!
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http://www.phvoir-images.com
I propose http://phovoir-images.com, specialised on european countries
i like much your site it hepls to desiging. Jangid
There are a few photos and illustrations on stockazoo too.
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Hey, Great collection here. Thanks For All. How could you forget http://www.corbis.com and http://www.veer.com?
Thanks for the listings. I found thousands of good quality royalty free images at http://www.sunipix.com
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Thanks for the links, used some of them in my own list.. imo, sxc is one of the leading resources in the free stock photo industry =)
I may add one more from myself – some conceptual images on http://co-photo.com/ – not big, but growing bit-a-bit.
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I would like to suggest another site for free stock photos:
Free Stock Photos Webphotomart.com
The site offers thousands of free stock photos and clip art illustrations submitted by staff photographers and other sources.
i like much your site it hepls to desiging
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