Hello everyone, we have a list of stock photo websites that have images of black people that you can use for your business or personal reasons, free without worrying about copyright issues(this is explained more below). Sometimes it is difficult for us to find photos of black/african and also people of color including brown,hispanics,mexicans, asians and native american people.
This is why I hand selected these stock photo websites after I tried them all and I of course made sure to add a screenshot of each site that you can get a sense of how their images look like before you go and try them. But before you do that, please take a look at the following important information about what “free” really means. Each of these websites offers some sort of ‘license’ when it comes to the usage of the photos, so even if they are “free” you should still know about what that means, nothing to scare you about but you get my point I hope.
What is Royalty-Free?
Royalty-free refers to a licensing method where a user pays a one-time fee to obtain rights to use an image, video, or other media. Once this fee is paid, the user can use the material as often as desired without paying additional royalties. The term “royalty-free” can be misleading as it suggests that the material is free of charge, which is not always the case. For further details on royalty-free licensing and its implications, a visit to a resource like [Getty Images] which explains the concept in more depth, could be beneficial.
What is Creative Commons?
Creative Commons (CC) is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering the sharing and utilization of creativity and knowledge. It offers a spectrum of free legal tools, including various licenses. These licenses vary in their terms, ranging from those that permit virtually unrestricted usage without requiring attribution, to more restrictive ones that limit the ways in which the work can be used or altered. More about the specifics of different Creative Commons licenses can be found on the [Creative Commons website].
What is the Public Domain?
Public domain refers to works that are not protected by copyright law. This typically occurs when a work’s copyright has expired, been forfeited, or is otherwise not applicable. It’s important to note that just because a work is available online does not automatically mean it is in the public domain. To understand more about the public domain and its nuances, you can explore resources like the [Copyright Information Center].
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List of Stock Free Photo Sites
Nappy
Nappy.com offers stunning, free high-res images featuring Black and Brown folks in everyday life. From professionals crushing it to families sharing joy. It was created to address the lack of diversity in stock photography and to provide businesses, startups, and individuals with more inclusive visual content.
Iwaria
Iwaria.com stands out for its dedication to representing the diversity and beauty of Africa, offering a vast array of images that are free to download and use. Iwaria’s collection covers a wide range of themes, making it a valuable resource for bloggers, artists, and creators seeking African-centric visual content.
UK Black Tech
UKBlackTech.com offers a collection of diverse, free-to-use stock photos representing a wide range of people and settings. These images are particularly focused on Black individuals in technology contexts.
Jopwell
The Jopwell Collection, hosted on Jopwell’s Pixieset page, is a curated selection of professional stock photos featuring Black, Latinx, and Native American people in various work environments.
Women of Color in Tech
The Flickr page of WOCinTech Chat hosts a collection of high-quality images featuring Women of Color in technology-focused settings. These photographs aim to increase visibility and representation of Women of Color in the tech industry.
Picnoi
Picnoi.com is a cooperative platform for stock image photography that focuses on providing free stock photos representing people of color. The website offers a wide range of multiracial images suitable for publishers, bloggers, website owners, marketers, designers, graphic artists, and advertisers.
Pexels
Pexels.com is a free stock photo and video website that offers a wide variety of high-quality, royalty-free images and videos. Luckily for us, you can find plenty of images of black people on the website, in fact some of the photos on our website come from Pexels.
Unsplash
Unsplash.com is a widely recognized platform offering free high-resolution photos submitted by a community of photographers worldwide. Known for its large, diverse, and high-quality collection, Unsplash provides royalty-free images including photos of black people in various settings.
Pixabay
Pixabay.com is a popular online resource offering a vast collection of over 1.7 million free stock photos, videos, and music including many photos of black people for you to use.
Shopify Stock
Burst by Shopify is a free stock photo platform that offers a wide range of high-resolution images suitable for various projects including photos of people of color, all for free.
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Great list!! We need more websites like this with our photos and media. Next we need like video sites where we can get free videos of black people as that is the future……