How to cite photographs using MLA
This graphic provides a list of different types of photographs and examples showing how to format them using MLA style.
Photograph Found Online
Adams, Ansel. (photographer) Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine. (Italicized, title of work) 1944. (date created) The Ansel Adams Gallery, (housing institution) Yosemite National Park. (city of institution) The Ansel Adams Gallery. (italicized, website name) Web. (medium) 6 June 2013. (date of access)
Photograph from Museum / Collection
Ethridge, Roe. (photographer) Jensen and Louise. (italicized, title of work) 2011. (date created) Photograph. (resource medium) Museum of Modern Art, (housing institution) New York. (city of institution)
Editorial Photograph (e.g. from Associated Press, etc)
Kadim, Karim. (photographer) "Mideast Iraq." (in quotation marks, title / caption) 4 June 2013. (date created) AP Images. (italicized, source) Web. (medium) 4 June 2013. (date of access)
Personal Photograph
Wedding on Catalina Island. (description of photo) Personal photograph by author. (photographer and image information) 28 July 2012. (date taken)
Photograph from a Database
Winogrand, Garry. (photographer) Coney Island. (italicized, title of work) 1960. (date created) George Eastman House, (housing institution) Rochester. (institution city) ARTstor. (italicized, database) Web. (medium) 6 June 2013. (date accessed)
