Photography Resources
Please feel free to contribute your links to this list. If you have any questions about this document or would like to invite a new person to collaborate with us on this list, please email Carrie Gates at carrie.gates@usask.ca. If you wish to hire a photographer, please contact U of S Communications for a list of preferred local photographers.
Always read the licenses carefully before using other people’s images. Permission outside of license agreements can often be secured by contacting the copyright holder directly. The crediting information in this document is not guaranteed to be accurate, as anyone can change this at any time, so please be mindful of this and always examine licenses yourself when using stock images.
University of Saskatchewan Photography
- Usask / OCN on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usask/
Free to use if we credit Usask. Attribution required (but is not always done in banners where there is no place for attribution, and that seems to be okay so far). - iPortal
http://iportal.usask.ca/
Excellent archive of First Nations themed resources. Not sure about the licensing for reuse, but there is contact information on the site. - University of Saskatchewan Archives
http://www.usask.ca/archives/
Great bank of historical archives, see their special collection exhibits for targeted searching and contact Archives directly for permission to use the images. - College of Medicine Digital Photography
http://www.medicine.usask.ca/academic-units/support-units/itu/ttc/digital-products-services/Digital%20Photography.html - Department of Art and Art History: Photography
http://www.arts.usask.ca/art/facilities_photography.html
Free Photography
- Wikimedia Commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page - Unprofound
http://unprofound.com/
Independent free photography. - Stockvault
http://www.stockvault.net/
Independent free photography. - MourgeFile
http://www.morguefile.com/
Independent free photography. - FreeDigitalPhotos.net
http://www.freedigitalphotos.net
Independent free photography. Attribution required. - Stock.xchng
http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml
Independent free photography. - Free Range Photography
http://freerangestock.com/index.php
Independent free photography. - BigPhoto
http://www.bigfoto.com/
Independent free photography. Attribution and link back to their site required. - Free Photos Bank
http://www.freephotosbank.com/
Independent free photography. Attribution required. - Veezzle
http://www.veezzle.com/
Pulls free images in from other sites, read license for each image. - Public Domain Pictures
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/ - Public Domain Photos
http://www.public-domain-photos.com/ - Image After
http://www.imageafter.com/ - Vacations Info
http://www.vacations.info/
“Might Be Free” Photography
These sites host images with varying license agreements. You must read their terms carefully and/or contact the copyright holder to obtain permission to use their images. Creative Commons licenses must be inspected - there are different types, it does not automatically mean “Public Domain”.
- Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/ - Flickr: The Commons
http://www.flickr.com/commons - Flickr: Creative Commons
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ - Google Image Search
http://images.google.com/advanced_image_search
Use the "Usage Rights" pull down list to search for open content on Google Images.
High Quality Paid Photography
- istockphoto
http://www.istockphoto.com/
eMAP has an account here and can purchase stock images on this site. - Dreamstime
http://www.dreamstime.com - Corbis Images
http://www.corbisimages.com/ - Epictura
http://www.epictura.com - Jupiter Images
http://www.jupiterimages.com/ - Shutterstock
http://www.shutterstock.com
Other Resources
- Open Wiki Michigan
https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Open_Content_Search
Impressive list of links to online education related resources, including medical imagery. - Hi Res Textures
http://lostandtaken.com/
Miscellaneous
- Usask Student Photography Contest - Summer 2011
http://students.usask.ca/contests/spring-summer.php
