Stock photos and royalty free images of teachers

Images of teachers are photos, vectors, illustrations, icons that capture images like a drawing teacher or a school teacher. They can capture images of teachers at work, teachers alone at their desks, or teachers interacting with students — online and in person. Images of teachers are popular among designs that are showcasing educational potential, career development, opportunities for children, and more. Images of teachers can highlight specific aspects of teachers and their jobs, or they can be slightly more macro images that fully capture teachers in the context of a teaching background. The right teacher image depends on which aspect of the teaching field a design wants to highlight.

The relatability of the student-teacher experience is what makes images with teachers impressive. Many of us have strong memories of our own experiences in the classroom — and the teachers who would help shape our lives. Seeing images of teachers with full classrooms at work (or full online classes) is a vivid reminder of how a single teacher can touch untold numbers of lives. We know that teachers work hard, so they represent an honest effort to create change and improve the world around them. The clarity and visibility of that effort is striking, so it's impressive to us to consider all the many teachers out there, all over the world.

The most popular photos of teachers in the Shutterstock library are photos of a teacher and students, a teacher in a classroom, and an online teacher. When we think of teachers, we immediately think of their students. There is a circular dynamic between teachers and students that makes a powerful visual composition. We also think of classrooms. Teachers work primarily in a classroom, so photos of a teacher in a classroom remain among the most popular downloads. Modern education also relies heavily on distance learning, so new images of online teachers have rapidly become in-demand for a world looking for images of teachers at work when their only connection to their students is the internet.

Finding engaging images of teachers and students is a breeze at Shutterstock. You can begin by scrolling down to explore our custom collection of teachers and students images curated from our network of contributors all over the world. If you have something more specific in mind, you can head over to the top of this page and enter your search terms where it says "Search for images." When you get your results, you can filter them by size, orientation, image type, and more. If you have a specific image in mind, and you'd like to find something similar, click "Search by image" on the Shutterstock homepage, and upload your file. The A.I. behind Shutterstock's library will return similar compositions.

Teachers don't work in vacuums — there's more to their work than the jobs they do. If you need images of other education- and learning-related activities, you can explore this Education page that features curated collections of everything from back-to-school photos to books to the halls of Academia. Our contributors come from all over the world, representing many different languages and cultures, so you can find a truly diverse collection of education and learning images to complement your teachers and students projects. If you need a little extra help editing your images or preparing them for posting online, check out Shutterstock Editor — we offer a number of social media post templates optimized for each platform.