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30 Sites to Find Free Images and Videos for Your Stories and Articles

These sites are authorized for both personal and commercial use

Amarie Malone 💖
SYNERGY
Published in
5 min readFeb 18, 2021

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Photo by Alex Bello on Unsplash

Usage Rights and Licenses

Are you tired of seeing the same images to choose from for your stories and articles? If you are, then no worries! Here is a comprehensive list of websites in alphabetical order that have a bunch of different images that you can use for free.

This story helps me as much as it will help you. I have added it to my bookmarks so that I can have it readily available to use.

Images being free is very important because it is illegal to use copyright images unless the source grants the proper authorization. Free images include those in the Public Domain (PD) or certain Creative Commons (CC) images. Be careful with CC images because some of them are not authorized for you to use in works you’re earning money on, such as with Medium stories.

Commercial use is when you attach an image to a written piece of work, video, or website and you get paid from the writing, video, or site.

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Amarie Malone 💖
SYNERGY

Writing is my passion. My goal is to inform, enlighten, motivate, and inspire.