TitleorDescription. Credit Line.
Acaptionappears next to the image and identifies or describes the image, and credits the source. There is no standardformat for captions.
Description
Point out any aspects of the image that you think are noteworthy or relevant. You may want to include:
- Names of people who deserve creative credit for the image (photographer, designer, stylist...)
- Title or Description of Work
- Date of Work
- Medium (photograph, digital photograph, painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, poster, artists' book)
- Dimensions
- Architecture & Interior Design
architect or designer, type of illustration (e.g., interior, exterior, plan, elevation, drawing), location (street address, intersection, neighborhood, city, state/province, region), year built, year designed, year pictured, block & lot, GPS coordinates, official name of site.
- Fashion
model or person, label or house, type of garment, fabric or material, collection or season, runway look number,location.
- Photography
type of print, name of series, location.
Credit Line
- Suggested terms to credit a source: "From..." "Collection of ..." "Courtesy ..."
- The credit line can be brief if you are also including a full citation in your paper or project.
- For books and periodicals, it helps to include a date of publication. You can also include the author, title, and page number.
*When reposting digital images publicly, you must follow any stated rules in a source's "Terms of Use," Image Credits," or "Image Permissions" section.
