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ASPH1300: Intro to Photography: Citing your Sources

Citing images in Chicago Style

Individual images are not cited in a bibliography. All images must be credited with a caption below the item. 

In a book-length work, a separate list of illustrations might be used. See CMOS 3.39 for further guidance on when to include a list of illustrations.

Here are examples of captioning the same Diane Arbus' image from various sources.

Image from a book: 

  • Diane Arbus, A Family on the Lawn One Sunday in Westchester (Suburban), N.Y., 1968, gelatin silver print, 19 15/16 x 16 in. 

Image from ARTstor

  • Diane Arbus. A Family on the Lawn One Sunday in Westchester (Suburban), N.Y., 1968, gelatin silver print, 19 15/16 x 16 in. Baltimore Museum of Art. Retrieved from: https://jstor.org/stable/community.18109291

Image from the Baltimore Museum of Art

  • Diane Arbus. A Family on the Lawn One Sunday in Westchester (Suburban), N.Y., 1968, gelatin silver print, 19 15/16 x 16 in. Baltimore Museum of Art, object no. 1988.216.

Image from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Diane Arbus. A Family on the Lawn One Sunday in Westchester (Suburban), N.Y., 1968, gelatin silver print, 19 15/16 x 16 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art, object no. 2005.493.1.