People
Authentic stock photos of people: families, friends, workplaces, portraits and everyday life. Real moments from independent photographers, model-released where noted, licensed royalty-free for commercial and editorial use.
11,128 images
Statue, an apsara or guardian statue of a dancer in Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand
£6.00A Gentoo penguin and two chicks on South Georgia Island.
£6.00A small group of masai giraffe, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
£6.00A woman’s head with braided patterned hair and earrings.
£6.00A small group of masai giraffe, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
£6.00Plumes of human hair hanging from a frame against a blue sky.
£6.00Three masai giraffe in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
£6.00An acacia tree in Serengeti National Park at sunset in Tanzania
£6.00A lion cub and its mother, Panthera leo, rubbing cheeks and nuzzling in Serengeti…
£6.00A family of a lion and her cubs on the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
£6.00Lion and cubs playing in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
£6.00Lion and cubs resting and relaxing in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
£6.00Dapple sunlight shining through vine maple trees and autumn foliage, along the North…
£6.00Dapple sunlight shining through vine maple trees and autumn foliage, along the North…
£6.006 year old boy playing with toy cars on terrace
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A mother leopard, Panthera pardus, and its cub stand behind a log, tail up, direct gaze
£6.006 year old boy playing with toy cars on terrace
£6.006 year old boy reclining on lawn chair
£6.00Portrait of 6 year old boy sitting in chair
£6.006 year old boy standing on lawn chair
£6.006 year old boy walking down corridor
£6.006 year old boy standing on lawn chair
£6.0013 year old girl lying on bed watching her laptop
£6.00Portrait of 6 year old boy opening a door
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About our people stock photos
People photography sells or sinks a design, and the difference is almost always authenticity. This collection favours real moments — a family in their own kitchen, colleagues actually working, a runner mid-stride — over posed studio smiles. You will find portraits, lifestyle scenes, work and education, health and wellbeing, sport and leisure, across ages and backgrounds.
A quick note on rights, because it matters more here than anywhere else in the library. Where a photographer has supplied a model release we say so on the image page, and those images are cleared for advertising and marketing. Where no release is on file the image is flagged for editorial use only: fine for news, features, education and commentary, not for promoting a product or service. If you are unsure, check the licence panel on the image or ask us before you buy.
All images are royalty-free under our Standard licence, from 1 credit (£6) per image, with instant full-resolution download.