Staff Guide: LibGuides Standards & Best Practices

General Stock Photos

• Pixabay
• Unsplash
• Pexels

Stock Photos featuring BIPOC and other diverse groups

• Vaccine Photo Project - Photos of diverse people receiving vaccines. Free for use under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Provided by SELF and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
• Women of Color in Tech - Photos are available for use under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
• Nappy.co - High-res stock photos of black and brown people. Free for use.
• Disabled and Here - Stock library of disabled people in everyday life. Available under a Creative Common Attribution License.
• The Gender Spectrum Collection - Stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary modes. Provided by Vice and available for use under a Creative Commons NonCommercial No Derivatives License.
• Queer in Tech - Available under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
• Iwaria - Free to use photos taken in Africa, featuring African people.

• CDC Public Health Image Library - Public health images created and shared by the Center for Disease Control.
• NIH Digital Collections - Featuring historical image, texts, and health psas from the National Library of Medicine.
• Medical Gallery by Blausen Medical - Gallery of free to use medical images.

Double check the copyright just to be safe.

• Duke University Libraries Digital Repository
• Massachusetts Digital Commonwealth
• NYPL Digital Collections

These sites offer images of their art pieces for download and use. Most are public domain, so do not require attribution. Take care as some are under copyright, so make sure to check the copyright notice to be safe.

• VADS - Free for use in education
• Indianapolis Museum of Art digital collections
• The Met Open Access Collection
• Smithsonian Collections - Check copyright info per image