APA Examples - Creative works - Image

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There are several components to correctly including images in your work. If you are discussing images in your assignment you only need to cite and reference as you would any other source.

If you are including the image or an adaption of it in your work, you may need to number, title and caption it and/or provide a list of figures. Check your assessment guidelines to see what is required. There are examples of how to do this in the "Heading and caption" section below.

In-text

Standalone

Use this for images that exist as separate entities.

Template

(Creator, year)

Examples

Ask me about Open Access (Harbison, 2014) shows eggs…

Utopia panel (Kngwarreye, 1996) is in the permanent collection of…

Image in another source

Use for images that are part of a larger work entity, such as a book or journal.

Format

(Source creator, year, location if required)

Template for an image from a book

Photographer's photo … (Book author, year, p. xx)

Example for an image from a book

Jim Kay's illustrations are … (Rowling, 2015, p. 173)

Template for an image from an online newspaper

… (Author/creator, year, p. xx)

Example for an image from an online newspaper

Anita Heiss appears … (Jenkins, 2016, p. 13)

Reference list

Standalone

Use this for images that exist as separate entities.

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of image [Format]. Source. https://xxxxxxxx.xxx

Examples

Harbison, K. (2014) Ask me about Open Access [Photograph]. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/30196130@N07/15232825544/in/dateposted-public/

James, E. (2018). Dion Lee Spring 2018 [Photograph]. Vogue. https://www.vogue.com/article/spring-2018-trend-bike-shorts

Kngwarreye, E.K. (1996). Utopia panel [Painting]. Anmatyerre people, Utopia, N.T. Queensland Art Gallery. https://collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au/objects/2649

Image in another source

Use for images that are part of a larger work entity, such as a book or journal. The reference is to the source, not the image.

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of source. Source.

Examples

Jenkins, K. (2016, August 10). A story of two camps. Koori Mail. https://aiatsis.gov.au/collection/featured-collections/koori-mail?page=8

Rowling, J. K. (2015). Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone. Bloomsbury.

Heading and caption

If you are including the image, or part of it, in your work, you may need to number, title and caption it or provide a list of figures. Check your assessment guidelines to see what is required.

Format

  1. Number
  2. Title (if there is no title, make a suitable one and enclose it in square brackets)
  3. Image
  4. From (or Adapted from if you have changed the image in any way) followed by the:
    • title of the source
    • author of source
    • year
    • page number if relevant
    • source details - the components required differ according to the source - they are the same as those required for the source in a reference list.

There are several examples below, but you may need to adapt them for the source of your image.

Template 1: Image from a Journal Article

Figure #
Title
<image>
Note. From (OR Adapted from) "Title in Title Case" by A. A. Author, Year, Title of Journal, Volume(issue), p. xx (https://xxxxx.xxx)

Example 1: Image from a Journal Article

Figure 1
David Unaipon
Figure 1
Note. From "An Australian Aboriginal Inventor" by W. Moore, 1914, The Lone Hand, 3(1), p. 25 (https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-392504072/view?partId=nla.obj-392508509#)

Template 2: Image from a Webpage

Figure #
Title
<image>
Note. From (OR Adapted from) Title of Webpage in Title Case by A. A. Author, Year (https://xxxxx.xxx)

Example 2: Image from a Webpage

Figure 2
[Eggs with Open Access stickers]
Figure 2
Note. From Wellcome is Going to Review its Open Access Policy by Wellcome, 2018 (https://wellcome.org/news/wellcome-going-review-its-open-access-policy)

Template 3: Image from a book

Figure #
Title
<image>
Note. From (OR Adapted from) Title of Book or Report in Title Case by A. A. Author, Year, p. # (location information, publisher or URL)

Example 3: Image from a book

Figure 3
Marley's Ghost
Figure 3
Note. From A Christmas Carol in Prose : Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by C. Dickens (Author) and J. Leech (Illustrator), 1843, p.9 (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/46/pg46-images.html)

This information is for use in assignments and presentations only. If your work is for publication in any form, you will need to get permission from the copyright owner and include a copyright attribution if you wish to include the image. For more information see the QUT Copyright Guide, the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, and the APA Style Guide for Figures and Tables.

Notes

If there is no attribution directly on an image, assume the author of the source material is the author.

The reference list refers to the entire article/chapter/book, rather than the figure itself. Use the relevant format for the source.

If an image does not have a title, use a description in square brackets instead.

If you made the image yourself, you do not need to include it in the Reference List, but you will still caption it. Leave out From/Adapted from in this case.

For images of a factual nature, use Maps/diagrams etc. - Figure.

If you have seen the original artwork use Creative works - Artwork.