Where can I find images on the Internet suitable for printing on to canvases approximately 1 metre wide ?

Question

Preferably the images should be of film stars, music artists etc

Answer 1

Basically - for that resolution you'll have to buy them.

I've attached a link to a Stock Library - but there are others out there and more musically orientated.

Photographic print works at 300DPI; so for something a metre long you're looking at about 300mb (Tiff), maybe less as you could make it 150-200DPI on canvas. In a JPEG format - you're looking at about 75mbs. That's so much bigger than something that you can cut and paste off a web site.

Only Medium/Large format cameras will be able to produce that sort of image size.

I have some images like that - but not of the subject matter that you're after, otherwise I'd let you have some.

Answer 2

Any image you find on the internet is unlikel;y to be a useful resolution when printed out at that size, unless the pixellated, dotty, grain effect is what you're looking for.
Internet images are usually low resolution so they'll load and display quickly.
Make sure the images are royalty free or you could have copyright trouble.
Go to Google, put in the name of the celeb you're looking for and search on Images.
Good Luck!

Answer 3

Hi

This site is amazing, you can download as many pics as you like and the majority are really hi res images.

http://www.sxc.hu/