# Free image collections

> Curated collections of free images (nature photos, public-domain art, space, old maps and photographs, icons and textures) from many image sites, with a licence verdict on every image, refreshed daily (last change 2026-11-04). Each collection is a saved search; agents can run the same search with `GET https://image.shep.bot/v1/search`.

## Free nature photos: landscapes and wildlife

[All nature images](https://image.shep.bot/collections/nature.md)

- [Free 4K nature photos: mountains, lakes, coasts](https://image.shep.bot/collections/free-4k-nature-photos.md): Free high-resolution nature photos, at least 4K on the short side: mountains, lakes, coasts and forests, with the licence and credit line on every image.
- [Free flower photos and plant pictures](https://image.shep.bot/collections/free-flower-photos.md): Free photos of flowers and plants, from tulips and roses to cacti and ferns, from Wikimedia Commons and Openverse, with licence verdicts and credit lines.

## Free public-domain art: paintings and prints

[All art](https://image.shep.bot/collections/art.md)

- [Free botanical illustrations and plant drawings](https://image.shep.bot/collections/botanical-illustrations.md): Free public-domain botanical illustrations: hand-coloured plates of flowers, fruit and plants from old herbals and museums, ready for print and design.
- [Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), free](https://image.shep.bot/collections/japanese-woodblock-prints.md): Free public-domain Japanese woodblock prints: Hokusai, Hiroshige, Utamaro and more, from museum open-access collections, with sizes and CC0 licences shown.
- [Public-domain Impressionist paintings](https://image.shep.bot/collections/public-domain-impressionist-paintings.md): Free Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings from museum open access (Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Cézanne), released as CC0 by the Met and other museums.

## Free space images: planets, galaxies and Earth

[All space & science](https://image.shep.bot/collections/space.md)

- [Earth from space: free photos from orbit](https://image.shep.bot/collections/earth-from-space-photos.md): Free photos of Earth taken from orbit by the ISS, satellites and Apollo: city lights at night, storms, coastlines and sunrise over the horizon, from NASA.
- [Free Mars photos from rovers and orbiters](https://image.shep.bot/collections/mars-photos.md): Free photos of Mars from NASA's rovers and orbiters: Perseverance and Curiosity panoramas, craters, dunes and the planet from orbit, with NASA's credits.
- [Hubble and Webb space images: galaxies, nebulae](https://image.shep.bot/collections/hubble-space-images.md): Free Hubble and Webb telescope images of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters from NASA, at full resolution, with NASA's credit and usage rules shown.

## Free historical images: old photos and maps

[All history & archives](https://image.shep.bot/collections/history.md)

- [Vintage city photos: streets of the past](https://image.shep.bot/collections/vintage-city-photographs.md): Free vintage photographs of city streets, buildings and daily life from the Library of Congress and Wikimedia Commons, with each archive's rights shown.
- [Vintage maps: free antique maps and atlases](https://image.shep.bot/collections/vintage-maps.md): Free antique and vintage maps from the Library of Congress and Wikimedia Commons: city plans, world maps and charts, with the rights statement for each.

## Free icons, vectors and textures for design

[All icons & design assets](https://image.shep.bot/collections/design.md)

- [Free paper textures and backgrounds](https://image.shep.bot/collections/paper-textures-backgrounds.md): Free paper, wood, stone and fabric textures and backgrounds for designs, slides and web pages, from open collections, with sizes and licence verdicts.
- [Free SVG icons from open-source icon sets](https://image.shep.bot/collections/free-svg-icons.md): Free SVG icons from open-source sets (Material Symbols, Tabler, Phosphor, Lucide and more) via Iconify, with each set's licence and transparent backgrounds.


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