Sometimes I reckon that I subscribe to way to many blogs. It can be overwhelming at times just to sort through all the content, even if it’s good content.
Today however in a recently subscribed to blog I came across a real gem of information.
The International Missions Board is making available a whole boat load of missions and ministry focuses photos available, for free for individuals and churches who need multi-cultural photos for web-sites, presentations, videos, etc.
From reading the original article that I found what you can see in the IMB gallery at the moment is only a bit of what will be made available soon for use.
At the moment you can check out about 160 free photos of people, places and events. The photos are all very high quality and can potentially add a lot to whatever project you are needing them for. Already they are a great resource for Christian Missionary Pictures, and they should be even better once the full gallery has been added.
Unfortunately there are no missions related IT or Communication type photos in the gallery. Those are the type of photos that I am needing right now as I prepare new support materials to help us make up the $1330 budget deficit that we will be shoulder with when we finally make the move to Canada.
You can check out the photo over at the IMB Picasa Web Album.
The IBM pictures are a great resource!
What license are they offered under? A Creative Commons license would be very useful for me, as I tend to use a lot of CC licensed works in publications I create, and therefore license my publications under the same license (partially because I just prefer to use that license).
To be honest, I am not sure what the licence is for the free missions pictures.
I sent a question to the author of the original article and I will let you know what he says.
Looks like they’re only for the use of the IMB and related organizations.
I’ve been wondering how the worldwide Church could do a better job of sharing resources like this. It’s a tricky subject, but surely we could do better….
According to the writer of the original article, Mark Morris:
So that’s pretty cool news for the rest of us.
Thanks so much for pointing out these Photos… very helpful!