Unsplash: A Free and Fair Photo Sharing Resource

Photo by Ben Kolde on Unsplash

What Is It?

Unsplash.com is a website that provides users with free and high quality photographs, with an aesthetic similar to Pinterest (links at bottom). Unlike Photobucket or Flickr (links at bottom), Unsplash’s images are free for the public to use – no need to worry about copyright issues here, friends! Unsplash provides users with the freedom to choose from a variety of professional quality images that have been okayed by the artist to share.

Photo by Anete Lüsina on Unsplash

How Can I Use It?

Literally anyway you want. These images are essentially a visual dictionary that you can choose from and use however you like. It could be through blog posts, posters, slideshows, videos, printing onto a t-shirt, or any other way an image could be used. 

A Note on Giving Back

While you don’t need to worry about copyright issues when you use a photo from Unsplash, there is the option to credit a photographer. Crediting a photographer is not required but it is a way to say thank you to the artists who are allowing their work to be taken and used for free by the public. Noting the photographer of an image you use is also a way of giving the photographer some publicity – again, a thank you to them for sharing their image with you.

Final Thoughts

While it’s not necessary to give credit to the photographer of the image you are using, would you consider it? If not, how come? How would you feel about sharing your own images on this site? Is it something you would consider doing as a means to provide free, high quality photographs to the public? If not, why?

Links

• unsplash.com
• pinterest.ca
• photobucket.com
• flickr.com