Since we’ll be trying our hand at book jacket designs for the next two days, these sites for royalty-free images might come in handy. These may also be useful for your final projects . . . but for that final project, be sure you keep track of where your images came from and who should be credited.
Flickr – a social networking site for photos. To find photos you can use, use the advanced search option and select “creative commons” toward the bottom of the page.
Flickr Commons – a collection of photos from cultural institutions (such as the Library of Congress) that have no known copyright restrictions. These have been put online partly to make them available for use, but also so that people who might recognize subjects can tag them. Not to be confused with the “creative commons” pool at Flickr where members have agreed to make photos available for reuse with only “some rights reserved.”
Life Magazine photos hosted by Google – these low-resolution images are apparently available for non-commercial use
MorgueFile – a collection of royalty-free photos you can reuse
New York Public Library photos via Flickr – with no known copyright restrictions
Wikimedia Commons -over 7 million images you can freely use
WorldImages - a collection of 70,000 art, architecture, and historical images that can be used for educational purposes
