Websites offering Public Domain images
On this page you find a list of platforms and services that provide multimedia content such as images, video and audio. These resources can be very useful when it comes to developing OER for TVET.
Commit 2 Design
commit2design.com
Non-cliché free PSD (Photoshop) web design templates being offered. Henry Reyes, a web designer dedicates himself to design resources that could be shared publicly.
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- Detailed information: Together with an image resource website “Realistic Shots,” Reyes develops PSD templates for free use.
- Contents: PSD files
- Language (User Interface): English
- Author/Institution: Henry Reyes (UI designer and front-end developer)
- License: CC0
Flickr
www.flickr.com/
Flickr is a platform allowing users to view, upload and share photos and videos. Different types of licenses including CC license can be selected to upload or search photos. Mobile application service provided.
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- Special feature: View photos in 360° with Flickr VR
- Contents: photos and videos
- Language (User Interface): 繁體中文; Deutsch; English; Español; Français; 한글; Italiano; Português; Tiếng Việt; Bahasa Indonesia
- Author/Institution: Service hosted by Flickr (For-profit Organization, USA)
- License: Many of the pictures are provided under CC (users can decide when uploading)
Free Stock Photos
www.freestockphotos.biz
Offers a collection of over 15,000 stock photos and clip arts.
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- Detailed information: Categories include Abstract, Animals, Backgrounds, Borders, Buildings, Business, Clip Art, Designs, Education, Events, Special Events, Food, Health, Holidays, Industry, Landscapes, Nature, Objects, People, Recreation, Religion, Sports, Symbols, Technology, Themes, Transportation and Travel.
- Contents: photos
- Language (User Interface): English
- Author/Institution: Freestockphotos.biz
- License: Some under CC0 (do double-check on the image license terms of use on the download page)
ISO Republic
isorepublic.com
Provides free stock photos for creative professionals. Check out their Foodie Factor to discover 1,200+ free food and drink stock photos. ISO Republic also offers high-quality free stock videos.
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- Detailed information: Photo categories include Abstract, Animals, Architecture, Business, City & Urban, Fashion, Food, Landscape, Nature, People, Sport, Technology, Textures, Travel, Various, and Wallpapers. In the Foodie Factor it includes Alcohol, Bread, Breakfast, Cake, Coffee, Diet, Dinner, Drink, Eggs, Fruit, Healthy, Kitchen, Salad, Sweet, and Vegetables.
- Contents: photos, videos
- Language (User Interface): English
- Author/Institution: ISO Republic
- License: Mostly under CC0 license; users should follow some usage considerations
Old Book Illustrations
www.oldbookillustrations.com
Offers nice collection of illustrations and texts scanned through Old Book Illustrations. Find out some interesting illustrations about past science and technologies.
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- Detailed information: Users can sort down to subjects, such as animals, building&monuments, landscapes&places, people, plants and science&technology. On the other hand, OBI also provides articles, such as biographies or short pieces about books. The searchable images are mainly Victorian and French Romantic illustrations. Get an assistance with its Navigation How-To in order to better explore the website.
- Contents: illustrations, articles
- Language (User Interface): English
- Author/Institution: Old Book Illustrations
- License: Illustrations are on CC0 and all texts (original works and translations) that do not belong to the public domain are under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International license.
Pexels
www.pexels.com/
Pexels provides over 40,000 high quality and completely free stock photos. Find out some interesting Hip&Healty photos.
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- Detailed information: At least 3000 new hand-picked photos are added each month. Be aware of the sponsored photos if you are only looking for free photos. Go to Pexels videos for free stock videos.
- Contents: photos, videos
- Language (User Interface): English, Deutsch
- Author/Institution: Pixels GmbH (Germany)
- License: CC0
Pixabay
pixabay.com
Pixabay offers over 1.3 million images, illustrations, vector graphics and videos. Search through its search box for example hospitality.
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- Detailed information: Filter the contents by the type of media, orientation, category, size and color with its advanced search tool; for instance welding. Note that images from Shutterstock are paid images. Application provided.
- Contents: photos, illustrations, vector graphics, videos
- Language (User Interface): Čeština, Dansk, Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Indonesia, Italiano, Magyar, Nederlands, Norsk, Polski, Português, Română, Slovenčina, Suomi, Svenska, Türkçe, Việt, ไทย, Български, Русский, Ελληνική, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文
- Author/Institution: Hans Braxmeier & Simon Steinberger GbR (Germany)
- License: CC0
Public Domain Vectors
publicdomainvectors.org
Public Domain Vectors offers copyright-free vector images in .eps, .svg, .ai and .cdr formats. Make use of vast amount of their vector images like transportation.
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- Detailed information: Categories include Animals, Architecture, Backgrounds, Business, Flags, Food & drink, Nature, Objects, People, Signs & Symbols, and Transportation.
- Contents: photos
- Language (User Interface): English, translation service provided
- Author/Institution: Publicdomainvectors.org
- License: CC0
Pxhere
pxhere.com
Find and share images free of copyrights. Simply type in the words through its search engine like catering or welding.
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- Detailed information: Users can browse the pictures by photographers, tags and collections. After searching there are filter area where you can look for more specified photo; the filtering includes orientation, size and color.
- Contents: photos
- Language (User Interface): English, Español, Čeština, Deutsch, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文, Русский, Dansk, Français, Indonesia, Italiano, Magyar, Nederlands, Norsk, Polski, Português, Română, Slovenčina, Suomi, Svenska, Türkçe, Việt, ไทย, Български, Ελληνική,
- Author/Institution: Pxhere (China)
- License: CC0
Unsplash
unsplash.com
Unsplash contains over 300,000 free high-resolution photos brought by its community of photographers. In each area it allows users to go through more specific details, for instance when you type in “carpentry,” you can go further by wood, tool, saw, workshop, pattern or plier.
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- Detailed information: Take your time on discovering numerous images in different and specified categories; explore them by trending searches, wallpapers or collections.
- Contents: photos
- Language (User Interface): English
- Author/Institution: Unsplash
- License: Free to use
Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
It is a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone, in their own language.
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- Detailed information: Wikimedia Commons is not peer reviewed or checked-up by professionals; rather, it contains a flood of images from numerous people around the world. Note that it does not mean they have less quality images- indeed, they offer vast amount of photos.
- Contents: photos, videos
- Language (User Interface): various
- Author/Institution: Wikimedia Foundation (Non-profit, USA)
- License: CC BY-SA, but some under copyright license
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