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Photography: Images/Photos
Photo sites
- ArtstorA digital library of images. ARTstor is in the process of being integrated into JSTOR. Most images from ARTstor are searchable within JSTOR as well.
To search photographs exclusively, go to Browse > ARTstor collections > classification. Then scroll down and click on 'photographs'. You can then search within these results - Oxford Art Onlineincludes photos and photographers
- GLEAN: GVSU Visual Resources LibraryIncludes: images from the BFA student portfolios; Foundations portfolios of scholarship winners; Visual Resources Collection of copyrighted and licensed images; Library Catalog of books, periodicals, and DVD/VHS; images of art from museums worldwide in the AMICA Library; the CATENA Historic Gardens and Landscapes; David Rumsey Historical Maps; Estate Collection from artists with HIV/AIDS; Farber Gravestone markers; Hoover Institution of Russian political posters; Japanese Historical Maps; Museum and the Online Archive of CA; Pratt Institute Ex Libris bookplates; and the Pratt Institute Fashion Plate Collection.
- International Center of Photographyarticles on photo & photographers: use the search box
- Photographic Resource CenterFrom Boston University, articles & exhibits on the role & philosophy of photographic media. Use the search box to find specific photographers.
- LIFE photo archive (hosted by Google)millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published....
- Masters of Photographyarticles & photos for major photographers.
- Pinhole Resource Collectionpinhole photos & cameras
- Artnet - The Art World OnlineAlphabetical list of artists including photographers, & search box. Includes images, timelines of awards, major exhibits.
- National Geographic Virtual LibraryA complete archive of the National Geographic magazine from 1888 through 2015, which includes every page, photograph and map, all fully searchable.
- Creative Commonsgood place to find photos/images to use in course projects
- GVSU Digital CollectionsGVSU & local history photos in several collections
Museums
- American Museum of Photographyinfo on exhibits & photographic processes, articles
- Europeana Photography ArchiveOver 2 million images from the 1st 100 years of photography.
- George Eastman HouseInternational Museum of Photography & Film:
400,000 photographs & negatives dating from the invention of photography to the present;
14,000+ photographers represented - Library of Congress Prints & Photographsdigital images
- Metropolitan Museum of Art - photosThe "Collection Online" includes over 17,000 images. Search or browse by image maker, method/material, date/era, location.
- The Met's open access collectionCreative Commons public domain waiver (CC-0) indicates that the Met claims no rights over the images.
- Smithsonian Photography InitiativeSearch digital images from the Smithsonian museums for photographers or image-making processes, technologies, or techniques.
- Smithsonian Open AccessContains over 2.8 million images, including data and materials from all 19 Smithsonian institutions that are open to the public and free to use.
- Visual Arts Data Service (VADS)visual art images that are freely available & copyright cleared for use in learning, teaching & research.
- Image Permanence Institute Graphic Atlasidentification & characterization of prints & photographs
Citing images
- ImageCodrTool which formats Flickr citations.
- How to attribute a Creative Commons photo from Flickr byProvides suggestions on citing images.
Art & AI
- GlazeGlaze is a tool to help artists to prevent their artistic styles from being learned and mimicked by new AI-art models such as MidJourney, Stable Diffusion and their variants. It is a collaboration between the University of Chicago SAND Lab and members of the professional artist community.
- Last Updated: Nov 18, 2024 12:53 PM
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