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The Public Domain Review

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁

We are very excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse.

Our aim is to offer a platform that will serve both as a practical resource and a place to simply wander — an ever-growing portal to discover more than 2000 years of visual culture.

Start exploring here: https://pdimagearchive.org/ @pdimagearchive

Public Domain Image Archive

Explore our hand-picked collection of out-of-copyright works, free for all to browse, download, and reuse. This is a living database with new images added every week.

Public Domain Image Archive
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We intend the archive to be a place of discovery, and to this end have developed various “views” to aid exploration:
i) catalogue view: to search and browse by theme, style, date, and more: https://pdimagearchive.org/galleries/all/random/desc
ii) infinite view: for a visually immersive, 360° scrollable experience of the collection: https://pdimagearchive.org/infinite-view/
iii) shuffle view: a tool to easily summon images in a serendipitous manner. https://pdimagearchive.org/shuffle-view/
All Images | Public Domain Image Archive

Show threadMurray GM - PaperpostsJan 8, 2025
@publicdomainrev loving infinite view
Show threadBaessando ☭🇧🇷🇵🇸🇺🇳Jan 9, 2025
@publicdomainrev nice!! Could you add an alternative text to it??  
Show threadAltbotJan 10, 2025
@publicdomainrev This bot has been asked to generate an alt text for your image by @xdydx. Do you consent? Reply with 'Y' or 'Yes' to proceed.
Show threadAPCJan 13, 2025
@publicdomainrev What a wonderful resource, thanks!
Show threadHenry WilkinsonJan 8, 2025

@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive

Infinite view kicks ass

Show threadsobroquetJan 8, 2025

@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive

Infinite view is very trippy, thank you.

Show threadloombot 3000Jan 8, 2025
@publicdomainrev what a beautiful implementation
Show threadThomas SpeckJan 8, 2025
@publicdomainrev Great Project! Thx!
Show threadJectoons  Jan 8, 2025
@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive This is SO EXCITING
Show threadJohn Mark OckerbloomJan 8, 2025
@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive Looks very cool! I'm curious about the underlying software you're using for the platform. Is it something you've acquired, or something you've developed?
Show threadJessamynJan 9, 2025

@JMarkOckerbloom @publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive I'm curious about this too, it feels like public.work but different too

https://public.work/

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Show threadBrian JonesJan 9, 2025
@JMarkOckerbloom Thanks, John. It’s something we’ve made ourselves. Using Astro as a framework for the site and adding Svelte when necessary.
Show threadJohn Mark OckerbloomJan 9, 2025
@jonesbp It looks nice! Kudos to your developers!
Show threadtsldJan 9, 2025
@publicdomainrev
Damn, this is cool! Thank you to everyone who made this possible.
Show threadtsldJan 9, 2025
@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive
Hey @joshmillard, this image, from the famous artist Alexander Graham Bell, seems right up your fractal alley.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/28c6423e-fa7e-4d09-a6b8-a4e1dbf1e487/
Untitled Image by Alexander Graham Bell (1903–9)

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Show threadJosh "cortex" MillardJan 9, 2025
@tsld @publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive oh hell yeah, the Sierpinskite! (Nobody probably calls it that, but I do.)
Show threadSammySocialJan 9, 2025
@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive Fascinating, thank you! Minya Diez-Dührkoop's work is really interesting.
Show threadAlien_SunsetJan 9, 2025

@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive

A veritable treasure trove for @seedling

Show threadSky_of_My_WindowJan 9, 2025

@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive

Are you blocking any IPs? I was not able to open the web site (but ping is OK). For me it is accessible only via VPN or Tor.

Show threadGaspar JekelyJan 9, 2025
@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive
Fantastic resource! For example, I love Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/verany-cephalopods/
Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)

In these images, Vérany realizes his ambition — to accurately render “the suppleness of the flesh, the grace of the contours, the transparency and the coloring” of cephalopods.

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Show threadRitaJan 9, 2025
@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive #mood
Show threadJon HenshawJan 9, 2025

@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive

I searched the best thing first, and well, not bad: https://pdimagearchive.org/search/?q=cats

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Show threadwakest likes your bugs ⁂Jan 9, 2025
@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive this is really awesome! excited to explore this!
Show threadWarrick BallJan 9, 2025

@publicdomainrev @pdimagearchive

I do love an old sunspot sketch:

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d9961afd-6960-4678-be3e-15e02b6e00ff/

#astronomy

‘A Typical Sun-Spot’ by Agnes Giberne from The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars (1898)

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