BIS 331: Journalism and Media History (Hsu): Find Images

Strategies for finding images

Look for examples in your course text: American Photojournalism by Claude Cookman
There are many more examples in: Photojournalism, 1855 to the present by Reuel Golden
After you have identified a photo, if you need a better quality digital copy of the photo, try searching some of the resources on the right.

Start your image search with these top image resources:

Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
Library of Congress's photographic collections, including Brady-Handy presidential portraits, daguerreotypes, Farm Security Administration photographs, National Photo Company early 20th-century photos of D.C., and more.

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
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Art reference works, biographies, and encyclopedias, including Grove Art Online and Benezit Dictionary of Artists.
Artstor This link opens in a new window
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Search over one million digital images in the fields of the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences.
As of August 1st, 2024, ARTstor is available exclusively at JSTOR.

New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Gallery
Over 700,000 images digitized from primary sources and print rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including photographs, maps, manuscripts, and prints.