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Photographs Classroom Clipart 
 This site contains over 20,000 photographs, clip art, and historical images designed for educational purposes. Searchable, or browsable by topical areas. http://classroomclipart.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Internet, Web Design and Management Last updated Jan 22, 2004 Finding Images Online
Specific and simply worded guidelines and links for searching for pictures, photographs, and other images on the Internet. Provides suggested sources for stock photos, historical images, art images, scientific images, and maps. From the United Kingdom's Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI). http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/using/finding.html Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Mar 6, 2005 FreeFoto.com
A database of tens of thousands of "free photographs for private non-commercial use." Searchable, and browsable by subject (business, Europe, transport, nature, United Kingdom, USA, and more). http://www.freefoto.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated Jan 10, 2006 Hamburger Eyes Internet Odyssey
This site is a companion to the quarterly print publication from San Francisco that has a goal of revitalizing "the sensation of photography as a craft as well as a tool to record and document." The site provides an archive of color and black and white photos back to 2001, and excerpts from issues, which feature only black and white images. Users may comment on photos. http://www.hamburgereyes.com/ Topics: Magazines, Technology Last updated Aug 10, 2009 Ingenious
This British site "brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into science and culture. ... The site contains over 30,000 images which are used to illustrate over 30 different subjects, topics and debates." Topics include war, communication, travel, and health. Searchable. From the National Museum of Science & Industry (NMSI), with contributions from several other museums. http://www.ingenious.org.uk Topics: History By Place, Museums, Museums by Place, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Science Last updated Oct 6, 2004 Life Magazine
Covers and "classic pictures" from Life Magazine for the years 1936-1972, when it was a weekly publication. Covers are searchable; pictures may be browsed by edition, subject, or photographer. The covers section also includes "past LIFE covers for this day." http://www.life.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Apr 6, 2009 Photovault
Library of 800,000 images arranged by category. Stock photographs available for licensing only. The images can't be copied (each one is imprinted with "Photovault" to prevent unauthorized use); but what a lot of pictures to view! Includes stock video and film footage library. http://www.photovault.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated May 5, 2005 Pics4Learning: Copyright-friendly Images for Education
This site consists of thousands of images for legal use by teachers and students. Pictures can be browsed by topic and there is an advanced search. Lessons contains several lesson plans that integrate graphics. There are related links. http://pics.tech4learning.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Internet, Lesson Plans, Photograph Collections, Web Design and Management Last updated May 5, 2005 Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Search for gorgeous, high-quality images from the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) of the Library of Congress. This resource "provides access through group or item records to about 65% of the Division's holdings, as well as to some images found in other units of the Library of Congress. Many of the catalog records are accompanied by digital images — about one million digital images in all." http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated May 5, 2005 Remembering Henri Cartier-Bresson
National Public Radio (NPR) program on photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, who died in 2004. "Dubbed 'the eye of the century,' Cartier-Bresson is known for capturing historic events such as the death of Mahatma Gandhi and the liberation of Paris, in addition to moments of everyday life." Also includes a related story about the photographer, a review of a 1999 exhibit of his work at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.), and links to related Web resources. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3816733 Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photography, Technology Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Schankman Image Server at George Eastman House
Thousands of early photographs, arranged by photographer, format (such as stereo views or magic lanterns) or subject, such as American West, car racing, or the Civil War. From the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. http://www.geh.org/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology Last updated May 24, 2005 Sight Unseen
Companion to a 2009 exhibit that "presents work by the most accomplished blind photographers in the world. It is the first major museum exhibition on a rich subject full of paradox and revelation." Features gallery of photos (with audio descriptions), virtual exhibit tour, and text and audio of essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/sightunseen/ Topics: Disabilities, Photography Last updated Jun 22, 2009 Smithsonian Photographic Services (SPS)
"The Smithsonian's central source for the creation, processing, distribution and archival storage of photographs and digital images." Subjects include science, technology, art, history, people, and animals. Features several special exhibits such as the history of cinema, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and Washington's lesser known memorials. Searchable and browsable. http://photos.si.edu/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Dec 10, 2004 Time & Life Pictures
This site presents a "collection of striking imagery, documenting past and present events in politics, culture, celebrities and the arts. The collection includes some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, such as Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Andreas Feininger, John Dominis, Nina Leen and Gjon Mili." Contains more than 425,000 digital files, which may be downloaded for a fee. http://www.timelifepictures.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photography Last updated Mar 7, 2006 USA.gov: U.S. Government Photos and Multimedia
Many high-quality images on a wide variety of topics. "Most of these images and graphics are available for use in the public domain; they may be used and reproduced without permission or fee. However, some images may be protected by license." Browse alphabetically. Some links are to other, equally rich collections. From USA.gov (formerly FirstGov.gov), the U.S. government's official Web portal. http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Jan 15, 2007 Wish You Were Here: Vacation Getaways From the Collection
Collection of 19th-century vacation photos of locations such as Atlantic City, New Jersey, and San Diego, California. "Most of the images in this exhibition were produced commercially, and were inexpensive objects that vacationers collected as souvenirs of their travels. Others are snapshots, highlighting the glory of the trip from traveler's perspective, or advertisements provided by the hotel's proprietor to entice travelers." From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/wishyouwere/ Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated Jun 24, 2009 |
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