diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
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@@ -243,6 +243,24 @@ $faker->optional($weight = 0.9)->randomDigit; // 90% chance to get null
 // the default $weight value is 0.5
 ```
 
+### `Faker\Provider\Image`
+
+    /**
+     * Image generation provided by LoremPixel (http://lorempixel.com/)
+     *
+     * @param $dir An absolute path to a local directory
+     * @param $width/$height Size (in pixel) of the generated image (defaults to 640x480)
+     * @param $category One of 'abstract','animals','business','cats','city','food','nightlife','fashion','people','nature','sports','technics', and 'transport'
+     */
+    image($dir)                  // '/path/to/dir/13b73edae8443990be1aa8f1a483bc27.jpg'
+    image($dir, $width, $height) // '/path/to/dir/13b73edae8443990be1aa8f1a483bc27.jpg'
+    image($dir, $width, $height, $category) // '/path/to/dir/13b73edae8443990be1aa8f1a483bc27.jpg'
+    imageUrl                    // 'http://lorempixel.com/1160/1160/'
+    imageUrl($width, $height)   // 'http://lorempixel.com/800/600/'
+    imageUrl($width, $height, $category) // 'http://lorempixel.com/800/600/person/'
+    personImage($dir)           // '/path/to/dir/13b73edae8443990be1aa8f1a483bc27.jpg'
+    personImageUrl              // 'http://lorempixel.com/1160/1160/person/'
+
 ## Localization
 
 `Faker\Factory` can take a locale as an argument, to return localized data. If no localized provider is found, the factory fallbacks to the default locale (en_EN).
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/Image.php b/src/Faker/Provider/Image.php
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+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/Image.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Faker\Provider;
+
+/**
+ * Depends on image generation from http://lorempixel.com/
+ */
+class Image extends Base
+{
+    protected static $categories = array(
+        'abstract', 'animals', 'business', 'cats', 'city', 'food', 'nightlife',
+        'fashion', 'people', 'nature', 'sports', 'technics', 'transport'
+    );
+
+    /**
+     * Generate the URL that will return a random image
+     *
+     * @example 'http://lorempixel.com/640/480/'
+     */
+    public static function imageUrl($width = 640, $height = 480, $category = null)
+    {
+        $url = "http://lorempixel.com/{$width}/{$height}/";
+        if ($category) {
+            if (!in_array($category, static::$categories)) {
+                throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Unkown image category "%s"', $category));
+            }
+            $url .= "{$category}/";
+        }
+
+        return $url;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Download a remote random image to disk and return its location
+     *
+     * Requires curl, or allow_url_fopen to be on in php.ini.
+     *
+     * @example '/path/to/dir/13b73edae8443990be1aa8f1a483bc27.jpg'
+     */
+    public static function image($dir, $width = 640, $height = 480, $category = null)
+    {
+        // Validate directory path
+        if (!is_dir($dir) || !is_writable($dir)) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Cannot write to directory "%s"', $dir));
+        }
+
+        // Generate a random filename. Use the server address so that a file
+        // generated at the same time on a different server won't have a collision.
+        $name = md5(uniqid(empty($_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR']) ? '' : $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'], true));
+        $filepath = $dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $name .'.jpg';
+
+        $url = static::imageUrl($width, $height, $category);
+
+        // save file
+        if (function_exists('curl_exec')) {
+            // use cURL
+            $fp = fopen($filepath, 'w');
+            $ch = curl_init($url);
+            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
+            $success = curl_exec($ch);
+            curl_close($ch);
+            fclose($fp);
+        } elseif (ini_get('allow_url_fopen')) {
+            // use remote fopen() via copy()
+            $success = copy($url, $filepath);
+        } else {
+            return new \RuntimeException('The image formatter downloads an image from a remote HTTP server. Therefore, it requires that PHP can request remote hosts, either via cURL or fopen()');
+        }
+
+        if (!$success) {
+            // could not contact the distant URL or HTTP error - fail silently.
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $filepath;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Faker/Provider/ImageTest.php b/test/Faker/Provider/ImageTest.php
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index 00000000..8f64a1a5
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@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Faker\Test\Provider;
+
+use Faker\Provider\Image;
+
+class ImageTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testUrlWithDefaults()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(Image::imageUrl(), 'http://lorempixel.com/640/480/');
+    }
+
+    public function testUrlWithDimensions()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(Image::imageUrl(800, 400), 'http://lorempixel.com/800/400/');
+    }
+
+    public function testUrlWithDimensionsAndCategory()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(Image::imageUrl(800, 400, 'nature'), 'http://lorempixel.com/800/400/nature/');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testUrlWithDimensionsAndBadCategory()
+    {
+        Image::imageUrl(800, 400, 'bullhonky');
+    }
+
+    public function testDownloadWithDefaults()
+    {
+        $file = Image::image(sys_get_temp_dir());
+        $this->assertFileExists($file);
+        if (function_exists('getimagesize')) {
+            list($width, $height, $type, $attr) = getimagesize($file);
+            $this->assertEquals(640, $width);
+            $this->assertEquals(480, $height);
+            $this->assertEquals(constant('IMAGETYPE_JPEG'), $type);
+        } else {
+            $this->assertEquals('jpg', pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
+        }
+        if (file_exists($file)) {
+            unlink($file);
+        }
+    }
+}