Photography (2023): Images
A guide for students in photography classes- created by librarian Maryke Barber
Image Databases
Search: using keyword, or Advanced Search using Creator/Title fields.
Features:
- Open images by double-clicking them
- Zoom, pan, rotate by using the commands below
Features requiring an Artstor account:
These features require the creation of a free Artstor account (separate from your Hollins network login). Click here for more information on how to create an account.
- Download images.
- Save images to Image Groups using the “ADD TO GROUP” button.
Need help? Try the Artstor Support Site
Search: using keyword, or Advanced Search using Image Search.
In an artist biography, go to the “Images” tab. Make sure you scroll down to see all links to images on museum and gallery web sites. Warning: not all these links will work (but most will).
Features:
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- Open images by clicking them
- Download by right-clicking (PC) or dragging to desktop (Mac).
Suggested Websites: Contemporary Photography
- AP (American Photography) Archive
- Artsy: Photography
- Fraenkel Gallery
- Getty Images
- International Center of Photography's e-Museum
The Permanent Collection at ICP contains more than 100,000 photographs spanning the history of the photography, from daguerreotypes to gelatin silver and digital chromogenic prints. The collection is strongest in its holdings of American and European documentary photography of the 1930s to the present; try both the "Exhibitions" and "Explore" links to browse online collections. - MOMA/the Collection/Photography
Search by artist or work, or browse by decade. - Museum of Contemporary Photography
More than 8,500 photographs and photography-related objects made since 1936. - Paris Photo: Gallery List
- Photography Now
Online portfolios of international fine art photographers. - Pulitzer Prize Winners
Categories: Breaking News Photography; Feature Photography - Robert Klein Gallery
19th century, 20th century and contemporary photography.
Photography Journals & Magazines
- 1000 Words
- Aperture
- Aperture Blog
- Aperture Magazine - new issues are in the Reading Room on the library's first floor; older issues on the ground floor.
- Dear Dave
- Foam Magazine Digital Archive
- Lensculture
- Life Magazine Digital Archive
Suggested Websites: Historical Photographs
- Art Institute of Chicago - Photography
- Eastman Museum Photography Collection
- Graphics Atlas
- International Center of Photography's e-Museum
The Permanent Collection at ICP contains more than 100,000 photographs spanning the history of the photography, from daguerreotypes to gelatin silver and digital chromogenic prints. Try both the "Exhibitions" and "Explore" links to browse online collections. - Life PhotoArchive
Millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, from the 1750s to 1970s. - MOMA Object:Photo (1909-1949)
- Museum of Contemporary Photography
More than 8,500 photographs and photography-related objects made since 1936. - Pulitzer Prize Winners
Categories: Photography; Spot News Photography