How to attribute Creative Commons images?

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Attributing images means that you can give credit to the author on the website where you have published the image; this means, for example, if you have published it on your blog to represent a post:

You must mention the author of the work that links to the original source.
The type of license and if it has undergone any modification, explain what it was.
Let's look at these screenshots taken from the Creative Commons wiki:

example of how to attribute creative commons image banks with CC0 license

If you look closely, both contain information to identify the original author of the work. They include:

The title of the image with a link to the source to the official Creative Commons site on Flikr.
The name of the author, linked to his official site on Flikr.
The type of license.
In the first screenshot, you will see that there is a netherlands whatsapp resource modified version of the same image, as that modification is also mentioned; it says “desaturated from the original”. This indicates that the image has been modified by the user.
That is, in all the forms seen, you have to mention the author, the type of license and, if you have versioned, you must also mention it.

An example from our blog is this one:

example of how to attribute creative commons image banks with CC0 license

Generally, the images on our blog are taken from Pexels, an image bank that publishes works under a CC0 license; that is, they can be modified and used for commercial purposes (at least that's what Pexels makes clear ). Even so, we prefer to attribute them to the original author, because who does n't like to receive credit for their art?

If in your case you are using Creative Commons images, our recommendation is that you start using attribution to make it clear who the original author of the work is .

Can Creative Commons licensed images be modified?
If you've been reading this post, you know that the answer is a definite yes, but to make those modifications you must make sure to choose images that have the correct license. Remember that there are 6 types of licenses and not all of them allow modifications.

And if you decide not to comply with the terms of the license, remember that the author can take legal action as soon as he or she notices that you are not using his or her Creative Commons images correctly.

The best photo banks with CC0 licenses
CC0 licenses are Creative Commons images without reserved rights; that is, they are in the public domain, so you can:

Use them for commercial or personal use.
Copy, modify or distribute them without permission or attribution to the owner.


All of this is great, because you could skip part of the attribution process that for many can be quite tedious. Here is a compilation of the best photo banks with CC0 licenses:

Pexels
We have already mentioned this to you before; it is a great photo bank because its images are in the public domain, so you have permission to copy, distribute, modify, without the permission of the author and without attributing, unless you wish to do so.

Pexels has an infinite number of authors who categorize their art into folders, you can filter by keywords or, if you already have an author in mind, you can search for them directly.

You should be careful with this photo bank because it can often cause confusion; when it does not have images that satisfy your search, it usually shows you other alternatives that do have copyright . Let's look at an example: