Who needs photographs? Everybody! OK, well maybe not everybody, but if you create content, a photograph truly can be worth 1,000 words. If you're a blogger, images can break apart your text and add graphic interest to your site. If you're a designer, photos help you satisfy clients who don't have visual content. If you're an artist, many of these sites offer images that can be remixed into new works. This list is compiled from a wide variety of sources and it is up to date as of today. I decided to search for the word monkey on each site and choose my my favorite from the first page of results. If there were no results I choose a recent image. I provided photographer attribution when available, even though most of these sites do not require it.
Search Creative Commons is my go to place to start which is why it's first, but rest of this list is in alphabetical order.
Search Creative Commons
This is a portal that allows you to customize your search for vector graphics, audio files, and photographs. I especially love that you can search for things to alter and remix!
1 Million Free Pictures
No login. No attribution. No restrictions. This is a personal project by Toper Domingo to create and share one million of his photos for free.
Photo by Toper Domingo
The British Library
No login. No attribution. Public domain works.
Anvar-i Suhayli, a version of the Kalila va Dimna fables. - caption: 'The monkeys outwitting the bears.'
Compfight
No Login. Attribution Required. Even when searching the Creative Commons link, I only find attribution needed images. They provide html that I simply pasted below the photo here.
Photo Credit: fabiogis50 via Compfight cc
Death to the Stock Photo
Receive via email newsletter. No attribution. Instead of a searchable online site, Death to the Stock Photo emails a link to a downloadable photo set once a month.
This image is from the September's pack "Not Stock".
Dotspin
Login required. Only free for personal use. Commercial license available.
Foodie's Feed
Like on Facebook to download. No attribution. As the name says, this site is dedicated to food photography by Jakub Kapusnak. I had to like them on Facebook to download the Farmer's Market pack. Unfortunately it's a .rar file so I can't open it on my Mac. I've reached out to Jakub to see if he offers .zip files as well. I'll update this page if I hear differently.
Free Images
Email verified sign up requiring detailed contact info. Attribution variable. I had to sign up and provide complete personal information to download an image. The contact form didn't work because it wanted a security code that I couldn't see, so I chose a photographer that didn't need to be notified.
A little monkey from Brazil by Davi Camarinha
Free Range
Instant sign up. No attribution. I had to sign up for this site to download, but they only needed a user name and password and I was good to go.
Baboon by Chance Agrella
Function
No login. No attribution. No restrictions. Function offers free photography by Liam McKay.
Photo by Liam McKay
Getrefe
Shopping Cart. No login. No attribution. "Natural looking photos of people interacting with technology." Had to provide name and email to purchase photo fro $0 and then download image from emailed link.
Photo by Tomas Laurinavicius
GratisPhotography
No login. No attribution. No restrictions. Free high resolution photographs by Ryan McGuire.
Photo by Ryan McGuire
IM Free
No login. Requires attribution. "A curated collection of free resources, all for commercial use."
Gibbon by Tom Tolkien
Jay Mantri
No login. No attribution. No restrictions. Photographs by Jay Mantri.
Photos by Jay Mantri.
Little Visuals
No login. No attribution. No restrictions. Weekly photo collections.
Doorbell from Week 13 Collection.
Magdeleine
No login. No attribution. No restrictions. Daily photographs by Kamil Lehmann.
Photo by Kamil Lehmann.
New Old Stock
No login. No attribution. Public domain works. I only got one result, but it's pretty brilliant!
Hey Monkey
PDPics
No login. No attribution. Public domain works.
Monkey Looking Up by Sachin Patekar
PicJumbo
No login. No attribution required, but appreciated. No restrictions. PicJumbo showcases free images by Viktor Hanacek.
The Sky Full of Clouds by Viktor Hanacek
PickUp Image
No login. No attribution. Public domain works.
Monkey Tamarin Pinc -Saguinus oedipus by Jurassic
Picography
No login. No attribution. No restrictions. Photography provided by Hidden Depth.
Lucky Path by Mick Maguire
Pixabay
No login. No attribution. No restrictions.
Vervet by Sonel
Public Domain Archive
No login. No attribution. Public domain works.
Wood Door Black and White Lines by Matt Hobbs
Public Domain Pictures
No login. No attribution. Public domain works.
Monkey Gaze by Lilla Frerichs
Raumrot
No login. Requires attribution.
Display Dummy by Marcus Spiske
Split Shire
No login. No attribution required, but appreciated. No restrictions. Photographs by Daniel Nanescu.
Starry Night by Daniel Nanescu
Superfamous
No login. Requires attribution. Photographs by Folkert Gorter.
Photo by Folkert Gorter
Unsplash
No login. No attribution. No restrictions. 10 free photos every 10 days.
Photo by Paula Vermeulen
Viintage
No login. No attribution. Public domain works.
“Curious and uncommon performance of a monkey.” Scan of 2D image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.
Wellcome Images
No login. Requires attribution. The historical images are all available under these terms.
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