The Columbia Image Bank is now available as a collection within the ARTstor digital image library. Columbia students, faculty, and staff can search the Image Bank as a separate collection, or alongside all ARTstor content. The Image Bank includes over 65,000 images in a broad range of subjects, cultures, and periods, including photographs, drawings, renderings […]
Category: photojournalism
Photojournalism on the Web
From the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), here is an excellent guide to photojournalism links – Photojournalism on the Web: A guide for practicing and student photojournalists Also, check out 10 x 10, a site that uses RSS feeds of news from across the web and presents the photos associated with the headlines. […]
Online Exhibit: Bound for Glory
The Library of Congress has posted an online exhibit, Bound for Glory, which includes rarely seen color photos taken by government photographers in the 1930s and 1940s. […]
Photo/Multimedia Archive Resources
Just a couple of photo/multimedia archive resources: AP/Accunet Multimedia Archive – This resource is an archive of Associated Press photographs from 1844 to the present, audio files of radio broadcasts, text of wire stories (access restricted to Columbia affiliates) Internet Archive – The Internet Archive is a nonprofit founded in 1996 that provides access to […]
TIME Cover Art from the National Portrait Gallery
An online version of the National Portrait Gallery’s holdings of Time magazine’s cover portraits, this site can be browsed by category (e.g. Man of the Year) and also includes enhanced features such as biographical sketches and audio clips. […]
Resource Spotlight: AP Multimedia Archive
Haven’t tried the AP Multimedia Archive yet? (Access restricted to current Columbia affiliates.) Here’s some of what you’re missing… Photographs taken by AP photographers, back to 1844, searchable by caption (try keywords Lincoln funeral car, then click Search) Radio reports (try keyword Hindenburg, click the “Audio” option on the left-hand menu, then click Search) Info-graphics […]