Online image/artwork

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Format for in-text citation

In-text citation example

As we can see in Colli's photo of Bilbao_6 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2009)…

OR

An example of this can be seen in the photograph Bilbao_6 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Colli 2009).


Format for reference list

Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

Artist (the person or organisation responsible, if available) (Year), Title of image (or a description) [description of document, if applicable], name and place of the sponsor of the source, viewed Day Month Year. URL (either full location details or just the main site details)

If there is no named artist, put the image title first followed by the date:

Title of image (or a description) (Year) [description of document, if applicable], name and place of the sponsor of the source, viewed Day Month Year. URL (either full location details or just the main site details)

Reference list example

Colli MG (2009), Bilbao_6 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao [photograph], viewed 4 January 2012. http://www.flickr.com/photos/52355315@N08/5757476385/


Style notes for this reference type

  • "Year" refers to the year that the image or artwork was created. If you don’t know the date, use the abbreviation n.d. (no date) or if you only know the approximate date, use he abbreviation c. (circa).
  • Titles of images are italicised


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