Citing Images - MLA
These are guidelines.
Always check with your professors for their preferences.
How to cite a photograph found in a database (e.g. AP Images, ARTStor):
Description taken from AP Images:
Use this to create a caption for your photograph.
Metadata taken from AP Images:
Last, First M. Photograph Title. Month Date, Year Created. Collection, Museum/Institution, Location. Accessed Month Date, Year. URL of database.
Bowmer, Rick. Same-sex Marriage Supporter John Wilkes Holds a Sign Encouraging Drivers to Honk in Support of Marriage Equality. April 28, 2015. Associated Press, Salt Lake City, Utah. AP Images. Accessed 28 July 2015. http://classic.apimages.com
How to cite a photograph found on a website:
Photograph found on Wikipedia. Double click on photo to get metadata:
Last, First M. Photograph Title. Month Date, Year Created. Collection, Museum/Institution, Location. Accessed Month Date, Year. URL of website.
Shankbone, David. A Woman Makes her Support of her Marriage, and not Civil Unions, Known.
November 13, 2008. Accessed July 30, 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage
How to cite a photograph found in print (e.g. book, journal article):
Last, First M. Photograph Title. Month Date, Year Created. Collection, Museum/Institution, Location. In Book Title. Author First Author Last. City: Publisher, Year Published. Page/Plate Number.
Humphries, Marilyn. Gays Wed, World Doesn’t End. May 17, 2004. Bay Window. In Courting Equality. Patricia Gozemba. Boston: Beacon Press, 2007. P. XXVIII.
How to cite an original photograph:
Last, First M. Photograph Title. Month Date, Year Created. Collection, Museum/Institution, Location.
These are guidelines. Always check with your professors for their preferences.