Pictures

Photo / Digital image

 * How to Cite a Photograph in MLA [|(Download the Printer Friendly PDF)]**


 * Original Photograph** (An image produced by a camera)


 * Structure:** Last, First M. //Photograph Title//. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location.


 * Photograph**
 * Plaque:** Usually located next to the photograph; will provide most information about the image


 * Citation:** Cartier-Bresson, Henri. //Juvisy, France//. 1938. Photograph. Museum of Modern Art, New York City.


 * Photograph in Print** (A photograph found in a book)


 * Structure:** Last, First M. //Photograph Title//. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. //Book Title//. City: Publisher, Year Published. Page(s). Print.


 * Front Cover**
 * Page 2** The title page and subsequent pages after the cover will have publication information


 * Page of Photograph**


 * Citation:** Bennett, Peter. //Antique Shop, East Village//. //New York City: A Photographic Portrait//. Rockport: Twin Lights, 2007. 8. Print.


 * Photograph via Website** (A photograph found or posted on a website)


 * Structure:** Last, First M. //Photograph Title//. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. //Website Title//. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. .
 * URL Note: URL is optional unless the source cannot be located without it or if required by your teacher.


 * Website**
 * Date accessed:** Web sources may change and must be considered unique


 * Citation:** Cartier-Bresson, Henri. //Juvisy, France//. 1938. Photograph. Museum of Modern Art, New York City. //MoMA//. Web. 24 June 2010.


 * Photograph via Database** (An photograph found via database)


 * Structure:** Last, First M. //Photograph Title//. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. //Database Title//. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. .
 * URL Note: URL is optional unless the source cannot be located without it or if required by your teacher.


 * Database**
 * Date accessed:** Web sources may change and must be considered unique


 * Citation:** Freed, Leonard. //Holidaymaker Stuck in Traffic Jams//. 1965. Photograph. //ARTstor//. Web. 1 July 2010.


 * Digital Image** (Citing a digital image)


 * Structure:** Last, First M. //Title///Description. Digital image. //Website Title//. Website Publisher. Date Month Year Published. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. .
 * Title Note: If none, include description of image instead.
 * URL Note: URL is optional unless the source cannot be located without it or if required by your teacher.


 * Website of Image**
 * Website Footer**


 * Image Search:** Do not cite the search engine used to find the image, but the website of the image indexed by the search engine
 * Date accessed:** Web sources may change and must be considered unique


 * Citation:** Guggenheim Museum in Spain. Digital image. //HowStuffWorks//. HowStuffWorks. Web. 22 July 2010.