Image banks are wonderful places where you can scour the internet for different kinds of images ranging from historical, religious, sports, cultural and others. The AP Wide World Photos website provides breaking news photos and graphics and the searchable Photo Archive containing more than 800,000 images from 240 bureaus worldwide to news outlets, Web sites, and other media. It is these kinds of resources that we've assembled here which should assist you in your exploration of the world of photography and the possibility of images that it offers.

Site Listings

• Alex Stock Photo - Growing collection of royalty free stock photos. Ready for instant download. Useful for web design. Free for commercial use
• AP Wide World Photos - News Photos and Graphics from The Associated Press - AP Wide World Photos provides breaking news photos and graphics and the searchable Photo Archive containing more than 800,000 images from 240 bureaus worldwide to news outlets, Web sites, and other media
• Assignment & Annual Report Photography - The largest worldwide network of corporate photographers. This agency produces worldwide corporate photography in a 24 hour period. Features Corporate Communications, Commercial, Location, Event, Assignment and Annual Report Photography.
• Aurora Photos - provides high quality conceptual images.
• Baikal Photos - Lake Baikal photography gallery
• Call Of The Wild Photo - Private collection of quality Royalty Free Stock Photography in high-resolution for print and low resolution for web based projects. Featuring Oregon, outdoor, scenics, and florals. Commercial license high resolution images to 2400 x 3600 pixels. Secure online ordering with electronic delivery.
• Comstock Images - Royalty free, rights managed and flat rate stock photography. - At Comstock we offer royalty free, rights managed and flat rate stock photography and online digital images. Categories include business, medical and food photos. Try our fast, uncluttered image search.
• Corbis--stock photography and pictures - Millions of images online, featuring the finest in historical, fine art, business, technology, celebrity, travel, sports and nature photography for advertising, publishing and multimedia design.
• Foto Search Stock Photography - The World's Stock Photography - One Web Site
• fStop: Royalty free pictures by designers for designers - fStop - Royalty free pictures by designers for designers; available for secure purchase and download at fstopimages.com
• Getty Images  - engaged in the creation, sourcing, and distribution of imagery, fonts, and related services to communications industries worldwide.
• Hulton Archive Home - large collection of photography and illustrative material containing images, prints, engravings, cartoons, illustrations, maps, periodicals, and other ephemera. Images available for purchase, researching historical subjects or personalities, as well as creative and stock imagery.
• ImageConnector.com - Offering royalty-free images for a variety of uses. For a small membership fee you can download as many web quality images as you desire during your membership period, or you can download images on a per-image basis.
• LA GARGOLA II - EL GARGOLA INVITE YOU TO VIEW ALL COMPUTER GRAPHICS FROM "LA GARGOLA II" HAVE NICE DAY
• Royalty-free stock photography. - Subscription-based royalty-free stock photography resource for web or print.
• RPhotoGallery.Com Royalty Free Stock Photography - Economical Royalty Free Stock Photography. Only $14.99 Per Image. All Images are high resolution (RGB) 4" x 6" at 300 DPI. They are available for both editorial and commercial use. New images added daily, new categories added monthly.
• Travel Images - Travel-Images.com - the image bank that covers the planet. Stock photography. Over 300 countries and territories.
• WireImage - digital photo agency and wire service covering high-profile entertainment, fashion, music, and sports events.