Citing Images - APA Style
Digital images are pictures that can be viewed electronically by a computer or digital device. They can include photographs, illustrations, or graphics found on a website, database, or scanned or saved to your computer.
How to cite an image found in APA:
Structure of a citation for an image found on a website in APA:
Author (Role of Author). (Year image was created). Title of work [Type of work], Retrieved Month Day, Year, from: URL (address of website)
Examples of citations for digital images found on websites in APA:
McCurry, Steve. (Photographer). (1985). Afghan Girl [Photograph], Retrieved February 15, 2015, from: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/
Structure of a citation for an image found on Wikipedia in APA:
Last, First M. (Photographer). Month Date, Year Created. Photograph Title. (Photograph).
Collection, Museum/Institution, Location. Accessed Month Date, Year from URL of website.
Examples of citations for digital images found on Wikipedia in APA:
Bowmer, Rick. (Photographer). April 28, 2015. Same-sex Marriage Supporter John Wilkes Holds
a Sign Encouraging Drivers to Honk in Support of Marriage Equality. (Photograph).
Associated Press, Salt Lake City, Utah. AP Images. Accessed July 28 2015 from
How to cite a photograph found in print (e.g. book, journal article) in APA:
Last, First M. (Photographer). Month Date, Year Created. Photograph Title. (Photograph).
Collection, Museum/Institution, Location. In Book Title. Author First Author Last. City:
Publisher, Year Published. Page/Plate Number.
Examples of citations for images found in print in APA:
Humphries, Marilyn. (Photographer). May 17, 2004. Gays Wed, World Doesn’t End.
(Photograph). Bay Window. In Courting Equality. Patricia Gozemba. Boston: Beacon Press,
2007. P. XXVIII.