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Good free photo banks

Sometimes you need beautiful high-resolution photos for work. Where to get them? Definitely in photobanks. Except that their prices are biting, especially if you need 1-2 photos per month, or even less often. Free photobanks come to the rescue, but not all of them can boast high-quality photos.

I offer ten proven sites where you can download excellent high-quality photos for free.

  1. Unsplash — excellent artistic photos. You can sign up for updates – 10 new photos every 10 days.
  2. Picjumbo — Not a very large selection, but the photos are very good and there is sorting by category.
  3. Gratisography — lots of creative photos.
  4. Imcreator — lots and lots of categorised photos.
  5. Get refer — paid photo bank, but there is a section with free photos in high resolution. By the way, you can buy photos piece by piece for only $5.
  6. New Old Stock — wonderful vintage photos.
  7. Splitshire — quality photos sorted by category.
  8. Superfamous — photos with incredible views!
  9. Pixabay — is a very rich bank. Besides photos, you can find various art, including vectors.
  10. Freepik — Where without it. Almost one and a half million baseplate photos and vectors. In commercial use, it is necessary to indicate their authorship.

In fact, it is better to specify the authorship always. And don’t forget about donations for the banks you use regularly. A small thing, but the creators are pleased!

 2   2015   Advice
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