Barnimages — free stock photos under the photographers' own license

• Barnimages

  This page

  Pricing

  • Free downloads
  • No paid photo tier
  • Ads and donations fund the site

• Unsplash

  Pricing

  • Free Unsplash License
  • No charge for the photos

• Pexels

  Pricing

  • Free Pexels License
  • Photos and video at no charge

1. Barnimages — official site
2. Barnimages — license
3. Barnimages — privacy statement
4. Unsplash — license
5. Pexels — license

Free tier

Yes

Pricing summary

Every photo is free to download for personal and commercial projects. There is no account, no required credit, and no paid tier that unlocks files. The site stays up through advertising and donations. The Barnimages license is not CC0: copyright stays with the photographers, you cannot resell the file, sell prints or merchandise of the photo, ship it inside a template you sell, or use it to train a generative model without written permission. Recognizable people and brands do not come with model or property releases. Confirm the version in force on the license page before a sensitive use.

Reviewed on 12 October 2026 · Barnimages — license

• Photographer-shot stills

  Igor Trepeshchenok and Roman Drits shoot, edit, and publish the set themselves. The site does not host generated images.

• Download without an account

  Search the collection and save a file with no signup and no stated download cap.

• Commercial use, credit optional

  Websites, apps, ads, packaging, covers, and client deliverables are in scope. A credit is appreciated and never required.

• Edits are allowed

  Crop, retouch, add type, and use ordinary AI edits such as generative fill on your own project. Training a model on the files is a separate ask.

• A license that is not CC0

  You get permission, not ownership. Standalone resale, other stock libraries, NFTs, and hate or pornographic use are out.

1. 1

   Search on the homepage

   Open the library and look for a still that fits the layout. The set is small enough to browse, not only to query.

2. 2

   Read the license once

   Confirm the use is a supporting image in something else you made, not a print, poster, or product whose value is the photograph.

3. 3

   Check people and brands in the frame

   The license does not include model or property releases. Advertising that implies endorsement needs a separate check.

4. 4

   Download the file

   Save it without creating an account. Keep the photo page link if a client later wants the same file.

5. 5

   Edit inside the project

   Crop or retouch for the layout. Do not upload the original to another stock library or a model-training set.

• Designers shipping a page

  Need a still for a hero, a case study, or a deck without opening an account.

• Freelancers on client work

  Can place the photo in a finished site or campaign and hand that project over.

• Editors who care who shot it

  Want a named photographer and a camera original rather than an anonymous upload or a generated frame.

Own license, versioned per download

License 2.0 is dated 22 September 2026. The version in force on the day you download governs that file.

No releases

People, private property, artwork, and brand names in a frame are not cleared by the photo license.

Merchandise is a separate ask

Prints, posters, apparel, and print-on-demand need written permission. Type on top of the photo does not change that.

Independent library

Run by the two photographers since 2015, with no parent company. New files are chosen by them, not an open upload queue.