openstockphotography^beta

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Use the field above to search for free stock photography.

Why Open Stock Photography?

As of April 2007, the Wikimedia Commons, a central media archive operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, contains about 1,367,620 files^* uploaded by over 30,000 registered users. Each of these files is available under a free content license or in the public domain; there are no restrictions of use beyond those relating to use of official insignia. Licenses which limit commercial use are considered non-free.

All images listed at Open Stock Photography come from Wikimedia Commons and as such "can be used by anyone, for any purpose^[1]"

* Current Wikimedia Commons Image Stats

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Changelog

07/13/07

• Implemented SVG -> PNG conversion. Now SVG images are displayed inline.
• Improved our thumbnailing engine. Now supporting larger resolution images.

07/11/07

• Implemented a revised search engine featuring more returned results and better secondary search suggestions.

07/05/07

• Integrated the Wiki Commons "Picture of the Day" (POTD)

06/06/07

• Added two new Zazzle products: Custom Printed Bags and T-Shirts

06/01/07

• Implemented Yahoo! Maps for geo-coded photographs
• Integrated Zazzle for custom printed products and stickers. (Create one-of-a-kind products from our library of stock phtoography.)

05/16/07

• Public Beta testing new display: Recent Comments
• Improved handling of user pages.
• Implemented more improvements to our "wiki" parser

05/07/07

• Public Beta testing new feature: Comments (Public and Private). Use your existing Yahoo! ID to publicly or privaetley comment on your favorite photographs. (Hint: After you login, view an image license and look for the small icon below the thumbnail.)

05/03/07

• Implemented improved "wiki" parser

05/02/07

• Public Beta testing new feature: Lightbox. Use your existing Yahoo! ID to store your favorite images in an easy to use lightbox. (Hint: After you login, view an image license and look for the small icon below the thumbnail.)

05/01/07

• Public Beta testing new feature: Implicit Tagging. View our new Popular Tags or try searching for a Specific Tag.
• Implemented an "offensive search/tag" filter.
• Clean existing "offensive search/tag" data from our databases

04/22/07

• Beta testing new features: Commenting, Lightboxes and Tagging (Explicit/Implicit)

Historical Changelog