Jan 30 2008
My Photography Policy
As my Urban Planning students and I discussed last week, my policy on using photography or illustrations of any kind in assignments is that the work should either be your own or something you have a license to use. That’s why we covered Flickr and Creative Commons last week.
Well, a thought occurred to me during my own photography research earlier this week, which is that another batch of photographs you have a limited license to use is National Archive material. You can search the Library of Congress, and specifically the American Memory Collection, to find a lot of really fascinating images and material. Maps, photographs, many many things to explore. The entire HABS collection is there under Built in America (link in the bar on the right as well).
Take a look at the Reproduction Rights and necessary attribution information before you use it, but much of it is public domain (or close enough for a school paper).
Comment here if you have questions or other ideas for sources.
