Need Pictures for Your Articles or Nonfiction Books, try the US government
When
you think of obtaining pictures for your articles or nonfiction books, you often think of taking your own pictures. That's
fine, but you can't be everywhere. As a result, I've gotten many of the ones I've used from
the government. There was a time when a lot of my hiking pictures came from Forest Service files.
Some of my gardening pictures came from the Department of Agriculture pictures. For my Houseboating
book the pictures came mostly from the government and private companies. Surprisingly, there are millions
of pictures available from the government.
Here is how to access them.
It takes a little trial and error but with some effort you should be able to find what you want. Remember that some
of these sites contain over a million photographs.
Agency for International Development. www.usaid.gov/
Office
of Public Affairs. Room 4866.
Washington, DC 20523.
(202) 632 --9309.
www.usaid.gov/
Foreign and project photos. Find photos from many countries.
Department
of Agriculture.
1400
Independence Ave. Southwest
Washington, DC 20250.
www.USDA.gov
(202) 447- 6633.
Wide range of pictures -- agriculture, forests, soil and home economics.
Department
Of Commerce.
U.S. Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington,
DC 20230
(202) 482-2000
www.commerce.gov/
Photos
concerning the nation's foreign and domestic commerce.
l Institute of standards and technology,
Bu they're so Institute of standards and
Department
of Defense
Office of the assistant Secretary of Defense/public affairs.
The Pentagon,
room 2e773
Washington, DC 20301.
(202) 697 -1252.
www.defenselink.mil/
Weapons and equipment photos. Historical war photos.
Army
Corps of Engineers
www.usace.army.mil/
waterways across United States
Department
of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202
202-401-2000
www.ed.gov
Some photos of teachers and children. Many photos of the secretary of education.
Department
of Energy.
1000 Independence Ave.
Washington, DC 20585
202 -586 –
4403
nanotechnology,
Lawrence Livermore lab, environmental restoration and much more
Department Of Health
And Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Telephone:
202-619-0257
Toll Free: 1-877-696-6775
www.hhs.gov/
photos
of people with disabilities, seniors, diseases including measles and anthrax and many more that would fall under the heading
of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland security.
U.S. Department
of Homeland Security
Washington, D.C. 20528
www.dhs.gov/
202-282-8000
Photos of all aspects of homeland security, including pictures of
the border fence and more.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
451
7th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20410
Telephone: (202) 708-1112 TTY: (202) 708-1455
www.hud.gov/
Federally assisted housing project photos, homeless living, renovating a home and almost
anything having to do with housing.
Department Of Justice
U.S.
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
www.usdoj.gov/
Many
photos that have to do with enforcing the law, including photos of criminals.
Department of Labor
U.S.
Department of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20210
1-866-4-USA-DOL
www.dol.gov /
Some
mine safety photos and others.
Department
of State.
2201
C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
202-647-4000
Diplomatic
function photos.
www.state.gov/
Department of Transportation.
Publishing
and Graphics Division
400 Seven St, Southwest.
Room 2317.
Washington, DC 20590.
202-366-4000
www.dot.gov
Transportation pictures. Accidents and construction.
Export
import Bank.
Office
of public affairs.
At
11 Vermont Ave., Northwest.
Washington, DC 20571.
(202) 566 -- 8990.
www.exim.gov
Pictures
of foreign projects of the bank.
Food and Drug Administration.
Office of Public Affairs
HFI -- 20.
5600
Fishers Lane.
Rock
Bill, MD
(301)
443 -- 3 to 20.
www.fda.gov
Food
and drug related pictures.
Library Of Congress
Prints of Photographic
Division.
101 Independence Ave, SE
Madison Building, LM 337
Washington, DC 20540-4730
www.loc.gov
Millions
of Photographs on many subjects,
people, events, culture.
National Air and
Space Administration.
Audio/Visuals.
NASA
Headquarters.
Headquarters Washington DC 20546-0001
(. NASA Newsroom: (202) 358-1600 (202) 358-1600
www.nasa.gov/
Thousands
of photos of activities in the Space Program.
National Park Service.
Department
of the Interior.
Photo
Library.
Eighteenth
and E Streets, Northwest
Eighth Floor.
Washington, DC 20240.
(202) 343 - 5055.
www.nps.gov/
National Parks and Monuments Photos. Thousands of photos on many park subjects including
grizzly bears are available here.
US Forest Service
www.fs.fed.us/
National Archives.
Still Pictures Division.
Seventh Pennsylvania
Ave
Northwest,
18th for.
Washington,
DC 20408.
(202)
523 -3236.
Thousands
of photographs.
