YCCC: Photography: Websites

Online Photography Instruction

5 Tips from a National Geographic Photographer
by Marc Silber
aperture
Aperture, a not-for-profit foundation, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each other—in print, in person, and online.
Photography
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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American Museum of Photography
An award-winning Virtual Museum dedicated to educating, informing, and sharing great photographs with millions of Internet visitors world-wide.
Prints & Photographs Reading Room from the Library of Congress
Photographs, historical prints, posters, cartoons, documentary drawings, fine prints, and architectural and engineering designs documenting the history of the United States and the lives, interests, and achievements of the American people.
Library of Congress (Prints & Photographs Division)
Over 1 million items available in digital form.
New York Public Library Digital Collection
Explore 672,303 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections, including photographs.
Art Photo Index
Art Photo Index (API) is a visual index of important art and documentary photographers, their images and their websites from throughout the world. The photographers included in Art Photo Index have been selected as a result of their accomplishments in the art or documentary photography field.
LIFE
Classic and unpublished photos of the 20th century's major events and public figures from LIFE magazine. Pictures from World War II, the Space Race, Vietnam, and much more.
LIFE Magazine Photo Collection
Over 4 million items.

By Mila Zinkova (Own work) [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) via Wikimedia Commons

Ask these questions to determine whether the resources you find are credible and reliable:

Who created the page? Does the person or organization have the appropriate credentials?
What is the purpose of the site? For example, is it sponsored by a company that has a financial interest in the topic?
When was the page last updated? How current is the information?
How does the author support his/her argument? Does the author cite trustworthy sources?

Learn more about evaluating websites from Cornell University; or print out our handy tipsheet.