Create a spot-on reference in APA 7 and 6
Basic rules
According to the requirements of APA Style (7th ed.), if an image, picture, or photograph is taken from an online resource (e.g. a website with stock images) that does not require attribution, do not include the source in your bibliography; otherwise credit the source in your list of references.
A reference to an online image, infographic, clip art, photo, etc. is similar to the scheme used for a webpage, with the type of image added and the year of publication in place of the full date.
How to cite in a bibliography
Use the following template for citing an image in APA Style (7th ed.):
Author(s). (Year). Image title [Image type]. Website Title. URL
See more about giving the names of authors in an APA reference here.
See this article for the particularities of referencing Internet sources.
Note: The online service Grafiati allows citing comfortably any kind of electronic image in APA Style. For images taken from Flickr, it suffices to paste the hyperlink: we will collect all the data automatically and generate the bibliographic reference.
Examples of references
Panchenko, O. (2020). Kyiv [Photograph]. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/158090061@N04/49647846111/
FlowingData. (2009). Visual guide to General Motors’ financial woes [Infographic]. https://flowingdata.com/2009/01/05/visual-guide-to-general-motors-financial-woes/