Free Photos, Set 17: 100 Mixed Pictures
Set 17 of the BigFoto library: 100 free photos of shop and inn signs, figures and sculptures from an ibex to a Santa Claus, lakes, fields and plants, Swiss town life with an alphorn player, and textures, grouped by subject below. Click any photo to see it large and download it.
How to download: click a photo to see it large, then use Download. The originals are about 1200 × 800 pixels: right for blog posts, slides, social media, school projects and video call backgrounds.
Signs and shop signs
A hotel sign with a deer, a harlequin hairdresser, a bull’s head, a dog bar, crossed keys, an iron elephant, a penguin and a snail.
Figures and sculptures
An ibex statue on a rock, lions, an owl and a horse head on house walls, puppets and scarecrows, an Easter bunny and a Santa Claus.
Lakes, fields and plants
Riders on a hill, a walk on a farm track, a meadow with people, reeds and pollen on the lake, mushrooms, yellow berries and a woodpile.
Town and everyday life
An alphorn player, stacked flower pots, old letter boxes, a purple car by purple shutters, shirts on display, shopping trolleys and motorway vignettes.
Objects and textures
Rope, perforated metal, red light circles, TV snow, rolls of fabric, twisted iron and chequer plate.
About photography
A photo agency represents a group of photographers and photojournalists whose work is distributed to the global media, or that provides stock photos to graphic designers, picture editors etc. Several dozen agencies ensure that we, the public, get the latest news together with the associated images in the shortest possible time. Below are just a few examples.
Corbis Corporation is an American company, owned by Bill Gates. It sells the rights for over 100 million images, the fee depending on image quality and usage.
Getty Images is also a stock photo agency with around 70 million images and around 30,000 hours of stock film footage. The image material is used by advertising and graphic designers, the media and marketing & communication companies.
Associated Press, founded in 1884, is one of the largest and oldest news organizations and employs over 3500 staff in around 250 offices worldwide.
Reuters Pictures is one of the best-known names, with over 2200 journalists providing fast news coverage from all corners of the globe.
VII (seven) Photo Agency is a photographer-owned agency, originally started by seven members and now representing about 30 photojournalists. It was founded on 9 September 2001. Two days later, John Nachtwey, one of the founder members, happened to be in his apartment close to the World Trade Centre at the time of the notorious terrorist attacks. The next morning he photographed haunting scenes of the collapsed Twin Towers.
Magnum Photos is also owned by its photographer members and has chronicled world events since its launch in 1947, two years after the end of the Second World War. The founder members were Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David “Chim” Seymour. Magnum members are a mix of reporter and artist. Hungarian-born Robert Capa covered five different wars, earning him the title “the Greatest War Photographer in the World”. He was killed in 1954, aged 40, when he trod on a landmine in Indochina.
More free photos
- Free photos, set 16
- Free photos, set 18
- Free sculpture pictures
- Free lake pictures
- Free wood textures
- Free background pictures
Questions about set 17
Can I use these photos for free?
Yes, for personal and commercial projects. All we ask is a link back to BigFoto.com; the box at the top of the page has a credit link you can copy.
Why is this a mixed set?
These photos were added to the library in batches of about a hundred and did not fit one theme or place. They are grouped by subject on this page; the sets before and after it hold more of the same kind of everyday pictures.
