Foter

Area served| Worldwide
Founder(s)| Andrzej Stawarz, Krzysztof Stawarz, Witold Stawarz
Industry| Remodeling, Interior Design
Website| foter.com
Users| 2 Million+
Launched| September 2006

Foter is one of the largest sources of information and inspiration to interior designings.[1] It also provides a searchable database of 355 million free-to-use royalty-free collections of photos. The website was founded in 2006 by Stawarz Brothers.[2][3]

## History

In 2006, Foter was established as a source of high-quality royalty-free photos and inspiration for journalists and graphic designers. It has a database of 335 million free stock images that can be downloaded by the users.[4] The images are licensed under Creative Commons and free to use, but require attributions.[5] The website offers tools to embed the images and WordPress plugin for integration on various platforms.[6][7]

### Database

Starting in 2012, interior design inspiration photos from thousands of interior designers (link to about) started to appear on the website. In 2020, the photo database consisted of 6 thousand ideabooks containing 1.5 million photos selected by professional interior design curators.[8]

## References

1. ↑ Rampton, John. "101 places to find amazing, royalty-free images for your business" (in en). Mashable. https://mashable.com/2017/05/23/where-to-find-royalty-free-images/.
2. ↑ Rodríguez-Martínez, Sarah (17 June 2019). "15 Best Stock Photography Sites in the World". PhotoBlog Official Blog. https://www.photoblog.com/learn/best-stock-photography-sites/.
3. ↑ "OLCreate: BizMOOC2: About Creative Commons licenses". www.open.edu. https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/mod/page/view.php?id=136867.
4. ↑ "41 Best Stock Photo Sites to Find Great FREE Images" (in en). Search Engine Journal. 26 March 2019. https://www.searchenginejournal.com/find-free-images-online/298887/.
5. ↑ Bailey, Jonathan. "Foter: Open Licensed Photos for WordPress". Plagiarism Today. https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2013/01/22/foter-open-licensed-photos-for-wordpress/.
6. ↑ "Free Stock Photos Foter". https://wordpress.org/plugins/free-stock-photos-foter/.
7. ↑ "25 Free Stock Photo Sites for 2020". Kozzi. 29 May 2020. https://www.digitalimagemagazine.com/resources/31-free-stock-photo-sites-for-2020/.
8. ↑ "About - Foter". https://foter.com/about/.

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