Definition: The AP Images database includes current and historical photographs from The Associated Press. When you click on a photograph, an enlarged image opens in a separate Web page.  This web page includes the name of the photographer, when and where the photograph was taken, an image ID number, size and resolution, a substantial caption describing the context and content and a list of people in the photograph.

Procedure: Cite an AP Image as a photograph in a database

Choose "Painting, Sculpture or Photograph," then select:

• Painting, sculpture, photograph, etc. a photograph from an online database like Corbis, AP Images, or Flickr
• Online: Work of art displayed as part of an online museum or collection, or an online database of images
• When asked "What specifically are you citing?" select  A photograph or digital image that exists only on the Web (you will be prompted for the date of creation and publication)

A photograph taken by Mannie Garcia that Shepard Fairey used to create posters of Barack Obama which The Associate Press alleges infringes on their copyright is cited like this:

Garcia, Mannie. Obama Africa. 27 Apr. 2006. AP Images. AP, 17 Aug. 2006. Web. 15 Sept. 2009.

NOTES:

• The title is taken from the upper left-hand corner
• The publisher's name (The Associated Press) can be abbreviated to the acronym "AP" which is a familiar abbreviation (MLA 7.5)
• Since the URL is long and complex, include the Image ID ( in this case 06042703429) in the Annotation field of your working bibliography so that you can locate it easily.