Each year, HOW magazine compiles a list of stock-photo and illustration companies to help graphic designers find the best images for their projects. Below is HOW magazine’s complete list of stock-photos:
AbleStock, www.jupiterimages.com: High-resolution photography and photo object images.
age fotostock, www.agefotostock.com, Stock image agency managing licensing rights to hundreds of photographs and image clips.
AGPix, www.agpix.com: Stock image agency managing license rights for photography and image clips.
Alamy, www.alamy.com: 33 million stock photos and video clips.
Alaska Stock Images, www.alaskastock.com: Stock photos of Alaska.
American Stock Photography Inc., www.americanstockphotos.com: 1 million + rights-controlled stock photo agency.
Andy Anderson Stock, www.andyandersonstock.com: Personal collection of stock photography.
Animals Animals/Earth Scenes, www.animalsanimals.com: 1 million+ rights-managed nature photography stock agency
Aperture Images, www.apertureimages.com: Search, license and download stock photos.
Art Resource, www.artres.com: 500,000+ fine art stock images and the world’s largest fine art stock photo archive.
Artzooks, www.artzooks.com: Royalty free stock photography.
Aurora Photos, www.auroraphotos.com: 1.5 million+ images.
BigstockPhoto, www.bigstockphoto.com: 12 million royalty free illustrations and photographs.
Black Star, www.blackstar.com: Assignmentphoto, photojournalism and stock photo collection.
Blend Images, www.blendimages.com: Multi-ethnic commercial stock agency.
Botanica, www.gettyimages.com: Royalty free stock photography, editorial images, video, music and multimedia.
Brand X, www.jupiterimages.com: High-end images
Bridgeman Art Library, www.bridgemanart.com: Images from 8,000 collections and 29,000 artists.
Camerique, www.camerique.com: 500,000+ international, rights managed stock photo agency.
Can Stock Photo, www.canstockphoto.com: Royalty free stock photo agency.
The Cartoon Bank, www.cartoonbank.com: Search for and license cartoons.
Comstock Images, www.jupiterimages.com: Traditional and trendy collection of stock photography.
Corbis Imagess, www.corbisimages.com: Licensing and rights services agency for sock photography, illustration, footage, fonts, creative merchandise and entertainment.
Crestock.com, www.crestock.com: 3 million+ royalty free creative and celebrity images.
CSA Images, www.csaimages.com: Leading design resource for print and pop culture images.
Danita Delimont Stock Photography, www.danitadelimont.com: Stock photo agency specializing in global travel destinations, nature, animals, and world cultures.
Denis Scott Stock Photography, www.denisscott.com: Rights protected stock photography.
DepositPhotos Inc., www.depositphotos.com: Millions of royalty free stock photos, illustrations and vector art.
Digital Vision, www.gettyimages.com: Royalty free stock photography, editorial images, video, music and multimedia.
Dreamstime, www.dreamstime.com: Stock photography agency.
Erickson Stock, www.ericksonstock.com: Stock photography and image agency.
Folioplanet, www.folioplanet.com: Features more than 33,000 artist-owned illustrations.
FoodPix, www.gettyimages.com: Royalty free stock photography, editorial images, video, music and multimedia.
Fotolia, www.fotolia.com: Royalty free images, vectors and videos.
fStop, www.fstopimages.com: Royalty free images.
Getty Images, www.gettyimages.com: Royalty free stock photography, editorial images, video, music and multimedia.
Glasshouse Images, www.glasshouseimages.com: Stock photo and representation agency.
Globe Photos, www.globephotos.com: 20 million+ celebrity image and photography agency.
Grant Heilman Photography, www.heilmanphoto.com: Source for agricultural photography.
Illustration Works, www.illustrationworks.com: Source for stock art and illustration.
Image100, www.veer.com: Source for stock photography, illustrations, and font.
Images & Stories, www.imagesandstories.com: Nature photography agency.
Images.com, www.illustrationsource.com: Source of illustration collections.
Image Source, www.imagesource.com: Library for licenseing rights managed and roalty free images.
The Image Works, www.theimageworks.com: Independent stock photography agency with access to 35 million+ images.
Inmagine, www.inmagine.com: Supplier and distributor of digital stock photography.
iStockphoto, www.istock.com: Source for photos, illustrations, video, audio and editorial photos.
Jupiter Images, www.jupiterimages.com: High-end images.
Laughing-Stock, www.laughing-stock.com: Illustration services agency.
M-dash Image Library, www.m-dash.com: Stock images for commercial, editorial and corporate use.
Magnum Photos, www.magnumphotos.com: A photography co-op owned by its photographer-members.
Map Resources, www.mapresources.com: Royalty free digital vector maps.
Masterfile, www.masterfile.com: Stock image licensor.
Media Bakery, www.mediabakery.com: Royalty free and rights managed stock photos.
MisterClipping.com, www.misterclipping.com: Provides making and editing photo services.
Monsoon, www.monsoonimages.com: Royalty free stock photography, editorial images, video, music and multimedia.
morgueFile, www.morguefile.com: High resolution stock photos.
MyLoupe Inc., www.universalimagesgroup.com: Sources prints, photos, and other multimedia.
National Geographic Stock, www.ngsimages.com: 10 million+ photos and art.
outLOUD Stock Inc., www.annielibbyphotography.com; Motion and still photography, web content production and social media marketing.
Pacific Stock, www.pacificstock.com: Stock photography of Hawaii, Asia and the Pacific.
Panoramic Images, www.panoramicimages.com: 250,000+ images of large-format photography.
Peter Arnold Inc., www.gettyimages.com: Royalty free stock photography, editorial images, video, music and multimedia.
Peter Miller Photography, www.petermillerphotography.com: Photography of rural Americans.
PhotoAlto, www.photoalto.com: Produces European photography.
PhotoEdit, www.photoeditinc.com: Provides photo research and images shot on Spec.
Photolibrary, www.photolibrary.com: Royalty free stock photography, editorial images, video, music and multimedia.
Photonica, www.gettyimages.com: Royalty free stock photography, editorial images, video, music and multimedia.
Photo Researchers, www.photoresearchers.com: Provides images and video of healthcare, biomedical, technology, physical sciences and natural sciences.
Photos.com, www.photos.com: Royalty free stock photos by subscription.
PhotoShelter, www.photoshelter.com: Photography portfolio websites, photo sales, marketing and archiving tools for photographers.
PhotoSpin, www.photospin.com: Royalty free stock photos, illustrations and more.
Phototake, www.phototakeusa.com: Technology, scientific and medical images.
Picturesque, www.picturesque.com: Travel and tourism imagery.
PunchStock, www.punchstock.com: 2 million+ photos and images from over 80 collections.
Queerstock, www.queerstock.com: Lesbian and gay stock photography and illustrations.
Retrofile, www.gettyimages.com: Royalty free stock photography, editorial images, video, music and multimedia.
Robertstock.com, www.robertstock.com: Resource for current images.
RubberBall, www.rubberball.com: Royalty free digital stock photography on CD-ROM.
Science Photo Library, www.sciencephoto.com: Provides science images and footage.
Shutterstock, www.shutterstock.com: 20 million+ stock photos, illustrations, vectors and videos.
Solus Photography, www.corbisimages.com: Licensing and rights services agency for sock photography, illustration, footage, fonts, creative merchandise and entertainment.
Stockbyte, www.gettyimages.com: Royalty free stock photography, editorial images, video, music and multimedia.
StockFood, www.stockfood.com: International food media agency.
StockLayouts, www.stocklayouts.com: Provides graphic design templates.
StockShop, www.stockshop.com: Rights managed and royalty-free lifestyle and travel imagery.
StockThatDoesntSuck.com, www.stockthatdoesntsuck.com: Licenses photography of professionals.
Stocktrek Images, www.stocktrekimages.com: Specialists in a variety of stock images.
Stock.xchng, www.sxc.hu: Royalty free stock photography, editorial images, video, music and multimedia.
SuperStock, www.superstock.com: Fine art, vintage, travel and curated imagery.
Tanninimages.com, www.tanninimages.com: Supplier of food and beverage images.
Thinkstock, www.thinkstock.com: Provides images from getty images, istockphoto and jupiterimages.
Time & Life Pictures, www.timelifepictures.com: Images of past and present political and cultural events, celebritiess and the American experience.
Time Tunnel, www.timetunnel.com: Royalty free vintage clip art, stock photography and illustration.
Veer, www.veer.com: Source for stock photos, illustrations and more.
Visuals Unlimited, www.visualsunlimited.com: Science, medical and healthcare stock images.
Visualville, www.visualville.com: Photography and photoshop training.
WireImage, www.wireimage.com: Celebrity photos, videos and entertainment news.
World Picture Network, www.worldpicturenews.com: Source for assignment photographers, high quality features and stock imagery.
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