UPDATED: February, 26th 2019 – Changed my Alamy Portfolio link.
As a WordPress consultant, I regularly need images for my clients. I am using these 8 11 free stock photos bank as a start:
- Pexels – https://www.pexels.com/
Number one free stock photos our web agency, WP Expert is using. As they said: “Best free stock photos in one place”. - Pixabay – https://pixabay.com/
Second best free stock photos we are using. “Over 1,030,000 free stock photos, vectors and art illustrations” - Focus Fitness – https://www.focusfitness.net/stock-photos/
Free health and fitness stock photos - Compfight – http://compfight.com/
photo search images based on Flickr but only looking for Creative Commons images. - Unsplash – https://unsplash.com/
Free (do whatever you want) high-resolution stock photos. Download 10 new free stock photos every 10 days. - PicJumbo – http://picjumbo.com/
Totally free photos for your commercial & personal works - StartupStockPhotos – http://startupstockphotos.com/
Take ’em, these things are free. Go. Make something. - Albumarium – http://albumarium.com/
Find and share beautiful photos. - Gratisography – http://albumarium.com/
Free high-resolution pictures for personal and commercial projects. All pictures were captured by Ryan McGuire of Bells Design. - LifeOfPix – http://www.lifeofpix.com/
Free stock photos, high-resolution, for personal and commercial uses. New pictures added weekly! High-resolution images, pix & photographs for free for U. - Canva blog post: https://designschool.canva.com/blog/free-stock-photos/ (added on April, 7th 2015)
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And if I really need a specific one, I am using to Alamy. I used to be a contributor a few years ago and my images are still there. You can seem my portfolio on Alamy.
For Icons, I am using mainly this 3 4 free bank icons:
- Iconfinder – https://www.iconfinder.com/
Iconfinder provides beautiful icons to millions of designers and developers. Iconfinder now hosts the worlds largest collection of premium icons. - IconArchive – http://www.iconarchive.com/
Search through more than 555000 free icons. Browse icons by category, artist, popularity, date. Organize and share your favorites. - TheNounProject – http://thenounproject.com/
Thousands of glyph icons from different artists. Some icons are free and some for a fee. - FlatIcon – http://www.flaticon.com
Enjoy!