How to Cite an Image in APA Style | Format & Examples

An APA image citation includes the creator's name, the year, the image title and format (e.g. painting, photograph, map), and the location ... Havealanguageexpertimproveyourwriting Proofreading&Editing Checkyourpaperforplagiarismin10minutes Dothecheck GenerateyourAPAcitationsforfree! APACitationGenerator Home KnowledgeBase APAstyle Examples HowtociteanimageinAPAStyle APA7thedition7theditionchangesCitationQuickguideDirectquotesIn-textcitationReferenceentryPaperformatQuickguideRunningheadTitlepageAbstractTableofcontentsHeadingsTablesandfiguresReferencepageAppendicesLanguageguidelinesReportingstandardsMethodsResultsNumbersandstatisticsCitationexamplesOverviewBookJournalarticleWebsiteWebsiteMissinginformationNewspaperarticleMagazinearticleMovieordocumentaryYouTubevideoImageDictionaryentryEncyclopediaentryWikipediaentryPersonalcommunicationTableorfigureInterviewPowerPointslidesConferencepaperTweetPatentReportGovernmentdocumentPDFDissertationorthesisSurveyTVshowSpeechPressreleaseTEDTalkPodcastBibleBrochureorpamphletCourtcaseLaw Havealanguageexpertimproveyourwriting Proofreading&Editing Checkyourpaperforplagiarismin10minutes Dothecheck GenerateyourAPAcitationsforfree! APACitationGenerator HowtoCiteanImageinAPAStyle|Format&Examples Publishedon November5,2020 by JackCaulfield. Revisedon September27,2021. Thisarticlereflectsthe APA7thedition guidelines.ClickhereforAPA6theditionguidelines. AnAPAimagecitationincludesthecreator’sname,theyear,theimagetitleandformat(e.g.painting,photograph,map),andthelocationwhereyouaccessedorviewedtheimage. Format Lastname,Initials.(Year).Imagetitle[Format].SiteName.orMuseum,Location.URL Referencelist vanGogh,V.(1889).Thestarrynight[Painting].MuseumofModernArt,NewYorkCity,NY,UnitedStates.https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79802 In-textcitation (vanGogh,1889) Whenyouincludeanimageorphotoinyourtext,aswellascitingthesource,youmustalsopresentitasafigureandincludeanycopyright/permissionsinformation. YoucancreateyourcitationsautomaticallywithScribbr’sfreeAPAcitationgenerator. GenerateanAPAcitation TableofcontentsCitingimagesaccessedonlineCitingimagesviewedinpersonIncludingimagesasfigures Citingimagesaccessedonline Foronlineimages,includethenameofthesiteyoufounditon,andaURL.Linkdirectlytotheimagewherepossible,asitmaybehardtolocatefromtheotherinformationgiven. Format Lastname,Initials.(Year).Imagetitle[Format].SiteName.URL Referencelist Thompson,M.(2020).Canyonwren[Photograph].Flickr.https://flic.kr/p/2icfzq4 In-textcitation (Thompson,2020) Missinginformation Itcanoftenbehardtofindaccurateinformationaboutimagesaccessedonline.Trylookingforalternatesourcesofanimage,checkingimagesiteslikeFlickrthatprovidereliableinformationontheirimages,orfindingadifferentimageincaseswheretheoneyouplannedtousehasnoreliableinformation. However,ifyoudoneedtociteanimagewithnoauthor,dateortitlelisted,therearewaysaroundthis. Foruntitledimages,includeadescriptionoftheimage,insquarebrackets,wherethetitlewouldusuallygo.Ifthereisnopublicationdate,add“n.d.”inplaceofthedate,andaddthedatethatyouaccessedtheimage. Referencelist Google.(n.d.).[GoogleMapsmapofUtrechtcitycenter].RetrievedJanuary10,2020,fromhttps://goo.gl/maps/keKNQZHZTS7ticwb8 In-textcitation (Google,n.d.) Forimageswherethecreatorisunknown,youcanusethetitleordescriptionintheauthorposition. Referencelist [PhotographofaviolentconfrontationduringtheHongKongprotests].(2019).https://twitter.com/xyz11111112 In-textcitation ([ConfrontationduringHongKongprotests],2019) Citingimagesviewedinperson Ifyouviewedanimageinpersonratherthanonline—forexampleinamuseumorgallery,orinanothertext—thesourceinformationisdifferent. Forimagesviewedinamuseumorgallery,youincludethenameandlocationoftheinstitutionwhereyouviewedtheimage. Format Lastname,Initials.(Year).Imagetitle[Format].Museum,Location. Referencelist Goya,F.(1819–1823).Saturndevouringhisson[Painting].MuseodelPrado,Madrid,Spain. In-textcitation (Goya,1819–1823) Locationinformationincludesthecity,state/province(abbreviated),andcountry,e.g.Sydney,NSW,Australia.Omitthestate/provinceifnotapplicable. Citationsforimagessourcedfromaprintpublicationsuchasabook,journal,ormagazineincludeinformationabouttheprintsourceinwhichtheimageoriginallyappeared: AmericanPsychologicalAssociation.(2020).Sampleconceptualmodel[Infographic].InPublicationmanualoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation(7thed.,p.238).https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000 Whatisyourplagiarismscore? Compareyourpaperwithover60billionwebpagesand30millionpublications. Bestplagiarismcheckerof2021 Plagiarismreport&percentage Largestplagiarismdatabase ScribbrPlagiarismChecker Includingimagesasfigures Whenyouincludetheimageitselfinyourpaper,itshouldbeproperlyformattedasanAPAfigure,withanumber,adescriptivetitle,andanentryinyourlistoffiguresifyouhaveone. Thetitleofafigureshouldappearimmediatelyabovetheimageitself,andwillvaryaccordingtothetypeofimagecited.Forexample,anartworkissimplythework’stitle. Anotebelowthefiguremayincludefurtherdetailsregardingitsauthorshipandmedium,copyright/permissionsinformation,additionalexplanatorynotes,orotherelements. Notethatanyfiguresthatyoudidn’tcreateyourselfshouldappearbothinyourlistoffigures(ifyouhaveone)andonyourreferencepage.Figuresyoucreateyourselfonlyappearinthelistoffigures. CheckoutotherAPAexamples CitingpersonalcommunicationsinAPAStyle CitingtablesandfiguresfromothersourcesinAPAStyle HowtociteabookinAPAStyle HowtociteabrochureinAPAStyle HowtociteaconferencepaperinAPAStyle HowtociteacourtcaseinAPAStyle HowtociteadictionaryinAPAStyle HowtociteadissertationinAPAStyle HowtociteagovernmentwebsiteorreportinAPAStyle HowtociteajournalarticleinAPAStyle HowtocitealawinAPAStyle HowtociteamagazinearticleinAPAStyle HowtociteamovieinAPAStyle HowtociteanewspaperarticleinAPAStyle HowtociteapatentinAPAStyle HowtociteaPDFinAPAStyle HowtociteapodcastinAPAStyle HowtociteaPowerPointinAPAStyle HowtociteapressreleaseinAPAStyle HowtociteareportinAPAStyle HowtociteaspeechinAPAStyle HowtociteasurveyinAPAStyle HowtociteaTEDTalkinAPAStyle HowtociteaTVshowinAPAStyle HowtociteatweetinAPAStyle Howtociteawebpagewithnoauthor,date,ortitleinAPAStyle HowtociteawebsiteinAPAStyle HowtociteaYouTubevideoinAPAStyle HowtociteanencyclopediainAPAStyle HowtociteanimageinAPAStyle HowtociteaninterviewinAPAStyle HowtocitetheBibleinAPAStyle Isthisarticlehelpful? 68 21 2 Youhavealreadyvoted.Thanks:-) Yourvoteissaved:-) Processingyourvote... JackCaulfield JackisaBritbasedinAmsterdam,withanMAincomparativeliterature.HewritesandeditsforScribbr,andreadsalotofbooksinhissparetime. Havepeaceofmindandstartourplagiarismchecknow. Startthecheck Reliable&fast 2comments Ayesha January18,2021at9:14PM Whatdoyouputinthefigurenote?Itdoesn'tsay. Reply JackCaulfield(ScribbrTeam) January26,2021at2:18PM HiAyesha, Whatyouincludeinthenoteforafigurevariesdependingonwhatthefigureis.Ifit'sanimageyoutookfromanothersource,youwouldincludeinformationaboutthatsource,andpotentiallycopyrightandpermissionsinformationifneeded.Ifit'ssomesortofdatavisualization(likeagraph),youmightincludedefinitionsthathelpexplainhowthereadershouldunderstandtheimage. Moreinformationaboutfigurenotescanbefoundhere.Guidanceaboutcopyrightinformationcanbefoundhere. Reply Stillhavequestions? Pleaseverifyyouarehuman! Pleaseclickthecheckboxonthelefttoverifythatyouareanotabot. 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