As someone who is always looking for clipart or photos for some reason or another (usually advertising) .... I was quite suprised and happy when the good people at Fotolia asked me to review their site. Like a kid in a candy shop, I found that Fotolia is full of fantastic images. Actually they are the largest image bank of free and affordable royalty free photos and illustrations. They offer a variety of mediums for web or print projects. With over 12 million photos, graphics and HD videos that are perfect for presentations, design and web publishing you can't go wrong using their site. I was suprised to also learn that Fotolia is a worldwide social marketplace which allows individuals and professionals to legally buy and share stock images and illustrations. The image bank increases ten fold everyday since artists, photographers and designers are constantly adding new images to the site every day.
Fotolia was started by Oleg Tscheltzoff, Patrick Chassany and Thibaud Elziere in November 2005. They currently have headquarters in New York city and offices in Seattle, Washington and Paris, France.
Another cool thing .. they give back to the community ... Free photos and vectors are offered daily to Facebook fans. So next time you are on Facebook ... take a look.