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.
1,501 images
Sharp spines of Saguaro cactus in southwest Arizona desert, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
£6.00Sand Dune, textures and windblown ripple pattern at Ynyslas
£6.00Blurred outlines of trees along a two lane rural road, Seattle
£6.00Elevated view of the city of El Paso at night, blurred long exposure, buildings of…
£6.00View from a car of roadside trees, blurred motion, at dusk.
£6.00Pile of golden yellow autumn leaves at base of a tree trunk
£6.00Closeup of yellow bumps on sidewalk near corner of an intersection. Officially called…
£6.00A weathered blue crypt wall with a cross-shaped cutout at a cemetery in Isla Mujeres.…
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Leopard, Panthera pardus, Female. Extreme close-up side portrait of a female leopard…
£6.00Colorful hammocks for sale, Cancun, Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo,
£6.00Closeup of clear glass beer bottle with cold beer against a black leather background
£6.00High angle view of Pipers Creek, a revived salmon stream, Carkeek Park
£6.00Tibetan Man Turning the Prayer Wheels in the temple at Dongpojia, Sichuan Province,…
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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.