Photo+Library

= Failures Photo Library & Photo Resources Page =

This page is currently under development. The intent is to provide users with a resource for obtaining failure related photographs that can be used for education apurposes and for use in the failure cases in this wiki. Photographs of interest are those in the public domain or those that can be used publically with proper attribution.

If you are aware of a source of public domain photographs that we can link to, or you are willing to provide specific photographs of related to the case studies in the wiki (or others that might become future cases), please contact the site administrator for more details.
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** External Resources: **

 * ** FEMA Photo Library: ** Contains a collection of "News" photos, most of which can be used freely by noting them as FEMA News Photographs and/or listing the FEMA photographer . As would be expected, the photos relate to those events that were declared federal disasters or cases where FEMA assistance was provided. Many are publicity photographs showing FEMA workers involved in some stage of the events although there are a number which show buildings and civil infrastructure. The library has categories but also provides a "Search" feature that works well with a few keywords.


 * ** USGS Photographic and Multimedia Libraries: **USGS maintians a number of photographic sources, most of which are public domain or public use with proper attribution. Included are the USGS Multimedia Library, the Earthquake Collection, and the USGS Photo Library. The three are interconnected in some ways and the Photo Library is said to be the complete collection but it is best to experiment as it appears that some of the collection is in transition between different sites. Note that the Earthquake Collection page has links to the others and to a fairly large number of other external sources of photos including such institutions and agencies as the Smithsonian, John A. Martin Associates, FEMA, etc.