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Foter
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Andrzej Stawarz, Krzysztof Stawarz, Witold Stawarz
IndustryRemodeling, Interior Design
URLfoter.com
Users2 Million+
LaunchedSeptember 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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Rampton, John. "101 places to find amazing, royalty-free images for your business". Mashable.
  • ^ Rodríguez-Martínez, Sarah (17 June 2019). "15 Best Stock Photography Sites in the World". PhotoBlog Official Blog.
  • ^ "OLCreate: BizMOOC2: About Creative Commons licenses". www.open.edu.
  • ^ "41 Best Stock Photo Sites to Find Great FREE Images". Search Engine Journal. 26 March 2019.
  • ^ Bailey, Jonathan. "Foter: Open Licensed Photos for WordPress". Plagiarism Today.
  • ^ "Free Stock Photos Foter". WordPress.org.
  • ^ "25 Free Stock Photo Sites for 2020". Kozzi. 29 May 2020.
  • ^ "About - Foter". foter.com.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foter&oldid=1218455930"

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