I posted a question a while back as I was using the ultra-cheap Fotolia as a stock photo source but noticed how limited - and American - its model range was.
Thanks to Jean Thornhill for this great list of alternatives:
- http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons ... - If the project is non-profit making and I'm non-profit making then non-commercial use is acceptable.
- http://gallery.hd.org
- http://everystockphoto.com ...
- http://www.freerangestock.com ...
- http://www.morguefile.com
- http://www.geograph.org.uk ...
- http://www.imageafter.com
- http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml ... - a list of US government photo libraries. I haven't found a British equivalent to this yet.
- And, since the creative commons communities allow us access to free images, I use my own site to give back: http://www.amgine.org.uk/galleries ...
Here's a local enthusiast's site for local buildings http://www.cambridge2000.com/ ... which we negotiated an arrangement with, just adding a simple credit and link. Actually has some aerial shots as well which have proved very useful.Other respondees found similar local websites.
And other sources include commons.wikimedia.org and sxc.hu.
www.istockphoto.com is also worth a go - or at least, it's the one I use for cheap stock photos when I need commercial rights, not having heard of your suggestions.
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