I recently installed Piwigo on my server specifically for the purpose of having somewhere to host images for me to use here (mainly because imgur doesn't allow embeds) and as I've been using it so far, it seems like something that could work really well for what you're describing.
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Ok what do I do? I don't have a server. Do I need to get one? My computer is old but I'm planning on getting a new one, Apple as that's best for me. How can I get that system you mentioned?
Well Piwigo may not be the absolute best choice, but it seems like it would be an easy way to add a gallery for people to grab images from. You can check out the way I have it set up here if you want. Perhaps something like what @cass suggested can be worked out for a steemit.com/resources link to be added. I just really like the idea of a user-currated section for CC images and such that can be used with posts. Hopefully enough items would be on it that we wouldn't see the same four images used across every post. If it was some kind of repository where every image posted got added to a list, it could be worthwhile.
And where on this site would they be located? Meaning, a new area would be necessary. In essence I'd be hosting the images on my own server? I would need to back them up somewhere in case something happened.
As to where it would be hosted, I'd definitely suggest it either being on the steemit servers as another service or under a separate domain like steemitresources.com or something, but either way it should be hosted by someone who has a server or by an actual web server hosting site.