Photography: Web Resources

Educational and government websites often provide reliable information. To focus your search on these types of websites:

1. Go to Google Advanced Search.
2. Enter your search terms in the appropriate fields.
3. In the field labeled "Search within a site or domain:", type .edu or .gov.

Not all information is created equal—quality can vary greatly. To ensure you’re using reliable information, always verify it against another source and evaluate it critically.  One popular evaluation method is the CRAAP test, whose basic criteria is outlined below: 

CRAAP Test Evaluation Criteria:

Currency: The timeliness of the information

Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs 

Authority: The source of the information

Accuracy: The reliability of the information

Purpose: The reason the information exits 

Learn More:

• Google Arts & Culture: Photograph
• Photo Museums
• Center for Creative Photography (Univ. of AZ)
• Getty Museum
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) Photography Collection
• Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) Photography Collection
• The British Museum Images and Photography
• Magnum Photos
• LensCulture
• Zone Zero
• MoMA: Photography
• Pier 24 [SF] Photography
• DPLA (Digital Public Library of America): Photography
• National Archives: Digital Photography Collections
• Harvard's History of Photography Timeline
• American Photography: A Century of Images (PBS)
• The Dust Bowl: Photo Gallery (PBS)
• Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (PBS)
• 25 of the Most Iconic Photographs (CNN World)
• 100 Photos: The Most Influential Images of All Time (TIME)
• LIFE: Incredible Stories and Treasured Photographs from the LIFE Archive
• World Photography Organisation
• Civil War Photos: Over 1,000 Civil War images, photographs, and cartes de visites.
• Harlem 1900-1940: From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.

• Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs  The collections of the Prints & Photographs Division include photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. While international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people.
• The New York Public Library: Digital Collections

• American Museum of Photography  The Research Center of this "museum without walls" offers links to photo history sites. Learn about early photographic processes, photo preservation, and exhibits about the early days of photography, 1839 through WWI.

• Art Institute of Chicago Digital Archive - Photography Collection   Explore thousands of photographs in the museum’s wide-ranging collection—from world-renowned icons to lesser-known gems from every corner of the globe—including books, writings, reference materials, and other resources.
• Eastman Museum: Collections Online   Explore the George Eastman Museum's collections online. More than a quarter of a million objects from the photography, technology, and George Eastman Legacy collections are now searchable, and more of the museum's vast holdings will be added on an ongoing basis.
• The Huntington Digital Library | Photograph Collections   Photographs in the digital collection are a selection of highlights from The Huntington's extensive photographic holdings, with a focus on California and the American West.
• Google Images   Search millions of images on the Web! The Advanced Image Search option allows for searching by size, color, filetypes, domains, and usage rights.
• Library of Congress: Flickr Photostream
• Wikimedia Commons
• The Commons (Flickr)
• Behance (Photography)
• Freestock
• Freerange
• Stockvault
• Freeimages
• Public Domain Pictures
• Free Digital Photos
• Textures.com
• PicJumbo
• PikWizard
• Pixabay
• Pexels
• SplitShire
• StockSnap
• Shot Stash