Stock Photography

Getty Images - Getty bought out a number of image libraries, including Photodisc, Stone, Taxi, Eyewire and others. Getty searches 12+ stock image libraries at once.

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Corbis - One of the most well established stock image banks around.

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National Geographic - Awesome. Some of the best work out there. Hope you have the bucks, though.

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Fotosearch Stock Photography and Footage - Fotosearch is a reseller. However, they have a utility on their site that enables a user to search through 50+ stock image libraries. Very impressive.

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Art Beats - The stock photos are really film stills taken from reels for use as textures and backgrounds.

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SuperJuli - Growing site of quality amateur and semi-professional photography. Exclusive licenses available.

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Getty Images - Getty bought out a number of image libraries, including Photodisc, Stone, Taxi, Eyewire and others. Getty searches 12+ image libraries at once.

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Stock Visuals - A small but nice collection of stock photography.

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Alamy - A very large collection of multi-cultural images. As US designers, we've noticed a much more liberal selection of available images and subject matter. Prices in Euros.

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The Irish Image Collection - A rights managed stock photo library of life and the land on the Emerald Isle. 65,000 images. Includes contemporary and historic buildings, gardens, wildlife, Celtic and early Christian sites, tradition and agriculture.

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Matton Images - Provider of Royalty Free Stock Photography from the major image libraries including BananaStock, Digital Vision, Eyewire, Iconotec, Image100, Central Stock, Image Source, PhotoAlto, PhotoDisc, Photo Essentials, Rubberball Productions, Stockbyte, Artbeats, Triangle Images, Edelpics, Goodshoot, Imageshop, IT-Stock, Thinkstock, Matton Collection, BrandX and Comstock.

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A Luna Blue - A Luna Blue provides highly creative royalty-free stock photography. Not a ton of stuff there, but what is there is high quality.

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iStockPhoto - Moderately sized library of decent stock images. Nothing earth-shattering, but a good artist can use them for a number of purposes. Why? Because all images start at $1 and max out at $3 for print quality resolutions!

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Pacific Stock, Inc. - This image library focuses on everything Pacific Rim. Asia, Hawaii, and other pacific regions. Exclusive Licensing available.

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Brand X Pictures

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Comstock Images

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Digital Vision

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Fonthaus

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Gen X Images

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ImageState

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Photo DC - If your project requires stock photos of Washington DC, then this site might just be what you are looking for.

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PixiBit Images - A new site that has a variety of stock images and allows amateur and professional photographers to sell their images online. Not the largest collection around, but nice. Also, they price their images by pixel, so you only pay for what you need.

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Inmagine - Inmagine searches a number of stock image libraries, many of which can't be found anywhere else.

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Alaska Stock - Nice stock images, but no Royalty Free. Everything is rights managed.

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Epictura - Epictura is a european stock image bank. They have over 65000 images on 480 CDs, and sell both collections and individual images. Both photos and illustrations available. A first for us, be prepared to convert Dollars to Euros.

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Acclaim Images - Acclaim is a very interesting stock imagery site because not only can you search using topics and keywords, but also by photographer. Acclaim even offers links off of their site to the photographer's site. Other nice features as well.

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PhotoSpin

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StockByte

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Pixel Load - A small but quality collection of photos. On the off-chance they have what you need, their pricing will make you happy. Limited but adequate search capabilities.

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Veer - Like Getty Images, Veer searches a variety of stock image libraries.

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West Stock

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PhotosToGo - Well priced mid to upper quality stock photography and clip art.

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WebSpice - Subscription service by PhotosToGo. For a small monthly fee, you can download as many stock images as you want. Not their best stuff, but not bad, either, and for the price, might be worth a look.

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Shutterstock - Subscription site with a large selection of mid to upper quality stock images. For a set fee (monthly, quarterly, etc.) your can download up to 25 royalty free images per month.

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Ablestock - There are several ways to purchase photography on this site, including a subscription-based service with unlimited downloads.

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