Use my photos

All the photos on this site are published on Pexels. They can be downloaded for free, without an account, and used freely, including for commercial purposes.

Downloading a photo

1. Open the photo's page on this site.
2. Click “Free download on Pexels”.
3. On Pexels, click the free download button and, if needed, choose the size: the full-resolution original or a lighter version.

What the Pexels license allows

• Using the photos for free, for personal or commercial purposes.
• Modifying them: cropping, editing, adding text.
• Publishing them on a website, a blog, an app, an online shop, a newsletter or in a presentation.
• Using them in advertising or a marketing campaign.
• Printing them on flyers, postcards, books or magazines.
• Sharing them on social media.

What it does not allow

• Showing an identifiable person in a bad light or in an offensive way.
• Selling an unaltered copy of a photo, for example as a poster, a print or on a product.
• Implying that a person or brand shown in the photo endorses your product.
• Redistributing or selling the photos on another stock photo or wallpaper platform.
• Using a photo as a trademark, logo or business name.

Crediting the photographer

It is not required, but always appreciated: “Photo: Karl Forterre / Pexels”, ideally with a link to the photo's page.

Only the official text of the Pexels license is legally binding. For a print, a commission or any other use, write to contact@karlforterre.fr.