About Burst photos
Thousands of open source images
Burst is a free stock photo platform that is powered by Shopify. Our photographers areconstantly shooting and uploading high-resolution images to help our users find the perfectfree stock photo for their next project. Our goal is to build the best free image libraryfor entrepreneurs, so we’re constantly uploading new photos and addingnew categories to reflect current trends in ecommerce and retail.
Our photos are free to use for any purpose
You’re welcome to edit, crop or otherwise modify these images however you see fit. The goalof our library is to help as many people as possible, so all of our pictures are royalty-free,with no attribution required. That means you can use them in your school projects, client work,print ads, menus, on websites and beyond. Since they’re free for commercial use, you can evensell t-shirts or mugs you designed using Burst images! The sky’s the limit.
Click here to read more about our image licenses and legal terms.
Our photo library is growing fast
We’re constantly adding new photos to our exclusive image library. Sign up for our newsletter— it’s free, and you can unsubscribe at any time — and you’ll be the first to know about thetop new photos each week.
Our photographer community
Say ‘thanks’ to photographers by giving credit
We understand that it’s not always possible to provide image credit to a photographer andthat’s why we don’t require attribution in our image licenses. That said, our community ofcontributors love receiving credit for their work, because it enables more people to discovertheir photography. After downloading an image, you’ll see a “Say thanks by giving credit” option.Simply click “Copy code” to copy the HTML code that provides credit to the photographer, and thenpaste it into your blog, website or online store.
If you can’t find our credit code, feel free to write something like “Photo by <photographer name>from Burst” and add a link to the image you’re using. Alternatively, our photographers alsoappreciate social media shout outs, so feel free to share a link to their Burst profile page orphotos on the social platform of your choice. Giving credit shows gratitude and helps photographersshare their work with an even wider audience.
Share your photos with the world
Burst was started by two photographers in Toronto, Sarah Pflug and Matthew Henry, and is supportedby a global community of contributors. That community includes generous creatives from around theworld, like Brodie in Spain and Jonas in Lithuania, who contribute to Burst to share their workwith fellow creatives, developers and entrepreneurs.
Uploading photos to Burst allows photographers to share their work with a global audience; ourimages have been used everywhere from the Huffington Post to Forbes to Ikea. Plus, every Burstphotographer gets a professional profile page that showcases their photography and makes it easy toconnect with potential clients. Currently our community is invite-only, butclick here to apply if you’re a photographer whois interested in contributing. If you’re interested in learning more,check out our submission guidelines.
Burst and entrepreneurship
Burst is powered by Shopify
Burst is powered by Shopify, a leading ecommerce platform. You don’t have to be a customer to useour open source image library, but we’d encourage you to check out Shopifyto see if there are more free tools orguides that could help accelerate your business.
Shopify is the leading cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform. Merchants can use the softwareto design, set up, and manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including web, mobile,social media, marketplaces, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops. The platform also providesmerchants with a powerful back-office and a single view of their business. The Shopify platform wasengineered for reliability and scale, making enterprise-level technology available to businesses ofall sizes. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Shopify currently powers over 800,000 businesses inapproximately 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Red Bull, Nestle, Rebecca Minkoff,Kylie Cosmetics, and many more.
Want to test it out for yourself? Sign up for a free trial of Shopify.
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