Answered By: Maggie Bates
Last Updated: Nov 14, 2022     Views: 422

First, please take a look at UA's page on copyright information.

That said, here are some sites you can use to find free stock photography and illustrations:

Flickr Creative Commons
Wikimedia Commons
Flickr Commons (most of these photos have no known copyright restrictions)
Google Images (use Advanced Search to limit your results to items labeled for reuse)
Morgue File
Free Images (requires a free account)

It is important to be aware of the licensing and copyright information. While some of these images can be freely used and edited without any sort of attribution, some cannot be modified, and some must have attribution.

Here are links to the Copyright Office's fair use policy, as well as the terms of creative commons licenses.

For more copyright information and tips on using Google Images and Flickr, check out this guide from Georgetown University.

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