These stock image and video sites are far from generic. Here’s my curated list of the best curated sites. Most are 100 percent free for personal and commercial use, but you should read the fine print each and every time to see if an artist asks for attribution, a link back or (gasp!) money.
Here is a gallery of some great specialty sites. I chose pictures that appealed to me and represented the quality of the images from that site.
Specialty Image Gallery
BONUS: Universal Image Search Engines
One of the frustrations with finding the perfect image is that you have to search on approximately a thousand sites. Everypixel and Pexels solve that problem for you by aggregating both free and paid royalty-free image and video sites into one search engine.
Burst: Shopify’s Surprisingly Robust Free Image Library DesignersPics.com: Superb Free Images by Photographer Jeshu John Foodiesfeed: Beautiful Images of Beautiful Food From Old Books: Free Images from Antiques and Vintage Books Kaboompics: Beautiful Images with Amazing Search Engine and Color Palette Analyses Life of Pix: Royalty-Free Images with a Free Video Cousin Mixkit: Free Art, Illustrations and Video Clips NegativeSpace: Well Composed, Hi-Res Photos New Old Stock: Vintage Photos from Public Archives NY Public Library Public Domain Collections: Public Domain Downloads with the Coolest Visualization Tools Ever Reshot: Handpicked Free Stock Photos SplitShire: High-Quality Free Photos and Video Superfamous Images: Phenomenal, Texture-Rich Images by Artist Folkert Gorter