This list includes the best stock photo sites for learning designers who create eLearning, training and presentation slides.
Best Paid Stock Photo and Illustration Sites
| eLearning Art | Great selection of people cutouts in professional, casual and medical clothes and also sets of phone people. Backgrounds and silhouettes. | One subscription price to download all graphics and templates. |
| eLearning Brothers | People Cutouts: Excellent selection of cutout people and illustrated characters in many different poses. Also photos of workplace backgrounds. | One subscription price to download all graphic, template and game products. |
| Graphic River | Inexpensive illustrations, icons, PowerPoint templates, backgrounds, textures and templates. Photo Dune is part of the Envato Market for creatives. | Pay by the graphic. Can use a price filter in your search. |
| iStock | The original member-generated stock photo and illustration site with a good selection of photos, illustrations, Flash animations, video and audio. | Buy credits in bundles to purchase individual items or subscribe. Plans are for 3 months, 6 months and 1 year. |
| Photo Dune | Standard stock photos and many are at a lower price than most. Photo Dune is part of the Envato Market for creatives. | Pay by the graphic. Can use a price filter in your search. |
| Shutterstock | Over 15 million photos and illustrations as well as video footage. They also have a free photo and vector graphic every week. | Subscription plans or pay for a group of downloads. |
| Getty images | An aggregate of several stock photo services. Though they only offer a portion of the media from other services, the selection is good. | Subscription pricing for teams (call to work it out). Individual photos are expensive. |
Medical and Scientific Graphics
| A.D.A.M. Images | Library of 30,000 top-of-the-line medical illustrations. | Varies by individual image, product line and your usage. It's rarely cheap. |
| Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) | A digital repository of 22,000 medical education resources, including medical illustrations, animations and photos. | Free with registration. [July 30, 2012: Site is temporarily down for maintenance] |
| Russell Knightly Media | Scientific and medical illustration and animation. | Varied pricing packages. |
| Science Photo | Impressive scientific photos and video footage as well as some standard stock in high-res format. | Priced by the image. Some products require registration for pricing info. |
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