Library Guides: Copyright for Faculty at Mohawk College: Public Domain Images

Public Domain Images

Flickr: Creative Commons
Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.
Google Advanced Image Search
Under "usage rights", select the license terms you want to search for.
OpenVerse
Search for images, streaming videos, and media files from different collections including Flickr and YouTube. Can select the license type you want to search for.
WikiMedia Commons
Copy, use and modify files freely from WikiMedia Commons

AllGo's Plus Size Stock Photos
A great collection of photos of plus-size individuals. It is recommended to credit AllGo and photographer Michael Poley of Poley Creative.
Disabled and Here Collection
Collection of photos and illustrations celebrating BIPOC people with disabilities.
The Gender Spectrum Collection
A stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models that go beyond the cliché - featuring them as people with careers, relationships, talents, passions, and home lives.
Images of Empowerment
Photos of women around the world in different work settings.
Kaboompics
Photographs can be used for personal or commercial projects. However, they cannot be used for sale on their own. Check the terms for restrictions.
Magdeleine
Filter by CC0 - Public Domain on the right-hand column to search for public domain images.
MorgueFile
Free high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use.
Nappy
Nappy's mission is to "provide high-res photos of black and brown people" and helps designers and companies to be "purposeful about representation in their designs, presentations, and advertisements."
Pexels
A vast collection of high-quality, royalty free, images for both creative and commercial use. All images have a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license, so no attribution is necessary when using the images.
Pixabay
Attribution is recommended although it is not required. Commercial uses are allowed with some exceptions. Refer to the Pixabay licence for more information.
Unsplash
Images licensed under Creative Commons Zero which means you can copy, modify, distribute and use the photos for free, including commercial purposes, without asking permission from or providing attribution to the photographer or Unsplash.
Vecteezy
Free vector art, stock photos and stock videos. Attribution is required.

The Noun Project
Creative Commons licensed black & white icons. Free and paid premium memberships are available.
Open Clip Art
Clip art and icons.
Open Peeps
This hand-drawn illustration collection works like building blocks made of vector faces, bodies, arms, legs, clothing, hairstyles, etc. You can mix the elements to create different characters.
Public Domain Vectors
60,000 vector images in public domain.