Stock Photography and Illustration Websites

Here's a list of stock photography and illustration resources on the web. An important note regarding the usage of photos and illustrations from the sites below: Make sure to read the License Terms for each and every image you purchase or download. Usage rights vary from site to site and can vary from image to image.

FREE Stock Photography Websites

adigitaldreamer: Free Royalty Free Stock Photography: Unlike other sites with free images, these are also royalty free.
FreeFoto.com: The largest collection of free photographs on the internet.
free-stockphotos.com: Download free photos for your personal/commercial design projects
FreePhotosBank: Free stock photos.
Image After: A large online free photo collection.
ImageTemple.com: Free royalty free images for personal and commercial use.
Mayang's Free Textures: Free textures including buildings, fabric, metal, nature, plants, stone and wood.
morgueFile: Free high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use.
Open Clip Art Library: Archive of clip art that can be used for free for any use.
PD Photo.org: Free public domain photo database.
PhotoXpress: A high quality, royalty-free image bank that offers free digital images and illustrations to creative professionals.
Public Doman Pictures: A repository for free public domain photos.
qualitagious.com: On this free photostock website you have possibility to download photos for any purpose, or to upload and share your photos with other visitors.
TextureKing: Texture photos that are free for personal and professional use.
Stock Vault: Browse and search our photo gallery of over 8.000 royalty free, high resolution stock photos, templates and logos to use in your personal and educational design projects.
Stock.XCHNG: An alternative for expensive stock photography.
Urban Dirty: Free gritty, grimy and dirty images for use in design and artwork creation.

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Micropayment Stock Photography Websites

123RF: One-stop royalty-free photo library offering stunning, practical stock photos at the most affordable price.
Big Stock Photo: Provides designers with an alternative to high-priced stock photography, in addition to providing photographers with a marketplace to sell their work.
Can Stock Photo: Professional royalty free stock photography at prices you can afford.
CREATING ONLINE: Premium, high-resolution stock for web design, website templates, retail printing, t-shirts, framed art, screensavers. Less restrictive licensing. Special Louisiana photo collection. Some FREE images available.
Crestock.com: We've got your image sorted! Stock Photo & Image Bank Crestock has the stock photography industry's highest standard in royalty free stock photos & images.
Dreamstime: High-resolution stock images for as low as $0.26 each. Free images available.
FeaturePics.com: The place where you can show your photos for license to buyers, or browse the selected works of many talented photographers.
Fotolia: The first worldwide social marketplace for royalty free stock images, allowing individuals and professionals to legally buy and share stock images and illustrations.
iStockphoto: Photography, vector illustrations, Flash files and Videos.
Lucky Oliver: Great images, creative people, and stock image prices that fit your budget.
MicroStockPhoto: High quality royalty free images for less.
Snapvillage: Corbis, one of the leading image licensing companies in the world, now brings you SnapVillage - a user-generated image licensing marketplace! Subscription plan also available.
Stockxpert: A royalty free stock photography community with the goal to provide customers with affordable stock imagery while offering a powerful tool to photographers and digital artists who would like to sell their work. Subscription plans also available.
Turbo Photos: High quality, professional images available for immediate download.
VectorStock: Royalty-Free Vector Art, Download Premium Quality Royalty-Free Vector Illustrations, Graphics & Icons

Subscription-based Stock Photography Websites

Absolut Vision: Inexpensive professional quality, royalty-free photos for your brochures, ads, newsletters, on-screen presentations, web sites, etc.
Clipart.com: 1-week to 1-year subscriptions.
Graphics Factory: The most affordable subscription service for clip art images and animations on the We.
Jupiter Images Unlimited: Access hundreds of thousands of totally cool, totally royalty-free images.
Photos.com: 1-month to 1-year subscriptions.
Shutterstock: One of the largest subscription-based stock photo agency in the world.
StockedPhotos: A wide selection of photos for a variety of needs.
PhotoSpin: Stock Photography, Stock Photos, Illustrations, Fonts, Clip Art, Illustration

Professional Royalty Free and Rights Managed Stock Photography Websites

Acclaim Images: Stock photography direct from the photographer.
age fotostock: A photographic agency that manages image reproduction rights for professional use in the corporate, editorial, advertising and design worlds.
Alamy: Stock photography, Alamy Images, Royalty free RF images and licenced from the best picture agencies and photographers in the world.
A Luna Blue: The creative leader in royalty free stock footage and photography.
BrightQube: BrightQube is a new way to find and purchase stock photography. We offer a wide variety of both Royalty Free and Microstock collections in an innovative interface that wipes away the concept of page after page of search results.
Comstock Images: One of the world's most renowned photo agencies. Subscription services also available.
Corbis: A creative resource for advertising, marketing and media professionals worldwide.
Fotosearch: Search over 2 million images from over 100 stock photography, stock illustration, and video stock footage publishers at one website.
Getty Images: Royalty-free, rights managed and rights-ready photography, illustration and archival images.
Glasshouse Images: Glasshouse Images is a boutique stock photo and representation agency that caters to a select group of creatives who are always on the look out for exceptional and distinctive imagery.
Imagestate: The site for rights managed, royalty free and historic images. Perfect for advertising, design, print, publishing & web use.
Image Source: Search, purchase and download royalty free images online from the world's leading independent producer of creative royalty free stock photography.
Image Vortex: First class royalty free images at your fingertips!
Index Stock: A full-service stock image provider with over one million high resolution images.
Inmagine: The best royalty free stock photography images under one roof. More than 2,600,000 stock photos ,images, photographs and pictures for immediate purchased.
IPNstock: IPNstock, the Independent Photography Network, is the your gateway to a growing library of high quality, rights managed imagery from independent photographers, rep groups and agencies.
Jupiter Images: Providing creatives with quality stock images that enhance the design of any project.
Masterfile: Our images are acquired under exclusive contract from professional photographers and illustrators who are paid a royalty every time an image is licensed.
Moodboard: An image library with a twist.
PhotoAlto: Stock photos on CD or online : lifestyle, business, beauty, family, youth, children, healthcare, animals, sports, food, typography, and more.
PhotoShelter: Created by photographers in 2005, PhotoShelter has quickly become one of the professional photography industry's most trusted brands.
StockShop.com: Offers hand-picked images from emerging and recognized talents with a diversity of viewpoints.
SuperStock: SuperStock is a leading provider of royalty-free and rights-managed stock photography for the professional creative community. SuperStock has over two million images in three distinct collections; Contemporary, Vintage and Fine Art.
Veer: Veer provides visual elements for use in professional creative work, such as graphic design, motion design, advertising and filmmaking.

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Specialty Stock Photography Websites

Alaska Stock Images: A worldwide stock photo agency specializing exclusively in stock photos from Alaska.
Art Resource: Art Resource is the worlds largest fine art stock photo archive, licensing authorized images to all media.
The Bridgeman Art Library: The world's richest and most comprehensive source of cultural and historical art images available online.
Blend Images: Blend Images is the world's leading multiethnic commercial stock agency. Blend Images has established itself as the premiere destination for ethnically diverse business and lifestyle imagery.
Britain On View: The UK's specialist photographic library offering unique images of Britain and British life. Whether you work in tourism, publishing or design we hope you'll find just what you're looking for amongst our range of over 50,000 high quality, contemporary lifestyle and location images.
Broken Box Stock: Unique illustration and design
Christie's Images: The picture library for the world's leading auction house.
Grant Heilman Photography, Inc.: The World's Most Respected Source for Agricultural Stock Photography.
Jacob's Images: Travel and Stock Photography.
Laughing Stock: The premier online desination for all your professional illustration needs.
NASA: Extensive collection of FREE NASA images including images from the Hubble Space Telescope, shuttle launches and various missions.
National Geographic Image Collection: The National Geographic Image Collection owns one of the most comprehensive and unique collections of photographs and original artwork in the world.
Rolf Hicker Photography: Nature, Wildlife and Travel Stock Photography combined with useful Information and travel tips by award winning photographer Rolf Hicker.
RetroStockPix.com: Retro Vintage Stock Photography Images in this collection come from the archives of Aladdin Color and other contributing photographers.
StockFood: The world's leading food image specialist. Over 100,000 food images online from the largest international food image database.Multiple search options. Online-Purchase. Download functionality. Free Research Service. Recipes. Food Image Series. Free Picture Catalogs.

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Stock Clipart CDs and DVDs

Nova Art Explosion 800,000 Clip Art

Amazon Price: $79.99 (as of 07/10/2009)

ClipArt&More 3 Million

Amazon Price: $27.99 (as of 07/10/2009)