LibGuides: Copyright for Students: Finding Copyright Friendly Images

Freely Available Images

Remember, images you find on the internet are often copyrighted! When using items for your class assignments, consider using images that are licensed specifically for free use.

Use the resources below to locate copyright friendly images for your projects:

Creative Commons Content Browse over 500 million images, available for reuse
Noun Project Noun Project is building a global visual language that unites us — a language that allows quick and easy communication no matter who you are or where you are.
Pixabay Pixabay hosts free content created under the Pixabay License, allowing users to use, download, copy, modify or adapt content for commercial and noncommercial purposes.
Unsplash Photos Over 2 million free high-resolution images brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers.
Vice: The Gender Spectrum Collection Per the terms of the Creative Commons license, you may not create derivative work from the images or use the images for commercial purposes. Beyond these basic license stipulations, it is vital for anyone using this resource to make appropriate contextual decisions. If your usage of one of these photos could feed into a stereotype or negative stigma, you probably shouldn’t use it.
Wikimedia Commons A collection of pf over 75 million freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.