Abstract
Abstract stock photos and backgrounds: textures, patterns, light, colour and reflection. Real photographic backgrounds from independent photographers, royalty-free for web design, presentations and print.
1,491 images
Close-up view of white embroidered stars on the blue field of the American flag -…
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Wild Dog, Lycaon pictus, Adult. Standing alert in the middle of an asphalt airstrip…
£6.00Thunderstorm with Mesocyclone along Colorado Highway 14, grey and black clouds…
£6.00View of sunlit autumn leaves on a tree branch.
£6.00Textures in the sand, ridges and shadows.
£6.00Colorful Mexican blankets on a market stall, Cancun,Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo,
£6.00Home Plate on Baseball Field covered with dirt, top view
£6.00Closeup of clear glass beer bottle with cold beer against a black leather background
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Leopard, Panthera pardus, Female. Close-up headshot portrait of a female leopard with…
£6.00Bold turquoise wall with red stripe and iron railing in Cancun, Mexico. A vibrant,…
£6.00Tuff is a type of rock formed from volcanic ash ejected during an eruption. Over time,…
£6.00Sand and Mud Patterns in the Estuary of the Dyfi;;Ynyslas;Aberdyfi
£6.00Sunburst through fog and pine tree forest, Washington, USA
£6.00Fallen yellow autumn leaves on grass in Tokyo, Japan
£6.00Defocussed dark clouds with sunlight clearing, Seattle, WA USA
£6.00A city at night, blurred view, pinpoints of light, a cityscape, buildings and colours.
£6.00Blurred tail lights in urban road scene, Seattle
£6.00Aged and textured cinder block wall with fading blue, green, and purple paint in Isla…
£6.00Blurred headlights and tail lights at night, abstract patterns.
£6.00Chain link fence topped with barbed and razor wire, Portland, Oregon, USA
£6.00View of sunlit autumn leaves on a tree branch.
£6.00Motion blurred ocean waves, ripples in the surface.
£6.00Extreme closeup of double yellow lines painted on the roadway
£6.00Puget Sound at dusk, motion blurred water surface.
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About our abstract stock photos
Abstract photography gives designers something no vector gradient can: the depth and irregularity of the real world. This collection is made of textures (stone, wood, fabric, water), patterns found in nature and architecture, light — sunbursts, bokeh, long exposures — and colour studies that work as backgrounds behind type.
They are most often used as website heroes, presentation backgrounds, report covers and social templates, and because they carry no recognisable people or places they come with the fewest usage questions in the whole library. If you are building a brand system, browsing by colour and texture through the keyword links below is a good way to assemble a coherent set.
All images are royalty-free under our Standard licence from 1 credit (£6), delivered in full resolution the moment you check out.