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Chicago Manual of Style: Photographs

Guidelines

Information about photographs or other works of art can usually be presented in the text rather than in a note or bibliography. If a note or bibliography entry is needed, list the artist, a title (in italics), and a date of creation or completion, followed by information about the medium and the location of the work. For works consulted online, add a URL.

For more information, see  CMS 14.235: Citing paintings, photographs, and sculpture

Photo

Note

Steve McCurry, Afghan Girl, December 1984, photograph, National Geographic, cover, June 1985.

Shortened note

N/A

Bibliography

McCurry, Steve. Afghan Girl. December 1984. Photograph. National Geographic, cover, June 1985.