How to Attribute Copyright-Cleared Photos
Find images with the right license
Use these websites to find legally usable images (Creative Commons, royalty-free, or public domain):
Flickr (CC-licensed):
https://www.flickr.com/search/?license=4%2C5%2C9%2C10
(Select filters: “Commercial use & mods allowed” or similar)
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
(Photos used on Wikipedia with licensing info)
Unsplash:
https://unsplash.com/license
(Free to use for almost any purpose, no attribution legally required, but encouraged)
Pexels:
https://www.pexels.com/license/
(Free use, no attribution required, but optional)
Pixabay:
https://pixabay.com/service/license/
(Free use, attribution optional)
Copy the correct attribution format
When using images under Creative Commons, you must give credit in a specific way.
Correct Attribution Format:
[Photographer name], CC [License] [Link to license], via [Platform name] [Link to source]
Example (Flickr):
shankar s., CC BY 2.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, via Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shankaronline/44751664790
Example (Wikimedia):
Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lisbon_Bridge.jpg
Add the text to your cover image or cover map.
