Photographer Makes All of His Stunning Photos Available for Free

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Kudos to this guy, just awesome.


A photographer who has traveled the world taking beautiful photographs for the last 20 years has taken the unusual step of making all of his photos freely available to download.

Aurel Manea has released copyright on 4,700 high-resolution photos of mostly landscapes. The highlights include dazzling photos of the Northern Lights, the Tuscan hills of Italy, and Monument Valley in Arizona.

“They were gathering dust, so I thought why not make them available for free,” Manea tells PetaPixel. “That way a lot more people get to use them and print them. I never made any money with them and chances were I never will.”

 
I see it's been a while since you've posted, but I just wanted to ask—has anyone actually used any of his free photos for their own projects? I'm curious if there have been any issues with attribution or if everything's gone smoothly. Thinking about grabbing a few myself and want to know what to expect.
 
I’ve downloaded a few from his site and used them as desktop backgrounds—they look amazing on a big screen. Also printed one for a poster, and it turned out really crisp.
 
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