Photography

The Office of Public Affairs and Communications hires, directs, and pays professional photographers on behalf of Lewis & Clark for high-level institutional projects--such as the Annual Report and the Chronicle--and for critical projects that fall within the scope of our work and have broad utility. We do not have a dedicated staff photographer or photography manager.

You should budget for and expect to pay for the photography for any project that does not meet this criteria. Pricing will depend on the scope of your project. Contact us if you would like an estimate.

Providing Images to Public Affairs and Communications

In most cases, we have photos--or will hire a photographer to capture images--suitable for the projects involving our office. In some cases, however, we must use images supplied by others.

If you are coordinating a project that requires an image not supplied by our office, it is very important to be mindful of size and resolution issues. To ensure good quality for print publication, make sure any digital image is at least 5 inches by 7 inches at 300 dpi. An 8x10 glossy is great, too.

A 72x72 dpi image lifted from a website is not acceptable.

Event Photography

Public Affairs and Communications is only minimally involved in event photography. We do not have a dedicated staff photographer. At our discretion, we may coordinate professional photography for some events--such as alumni weekends, commencement, and symposia--that may yield images for use in communications we produce.

Availability

Public Affairs and Communications retains in a digital image library all images we obtain from professional photographers for use in the projects we produce through our office. These photographs are intended for use in high-quality communications directed to our primary audiences. Most images more than five years old are housed in Lewis & Clark's archives.

You may use selected images from our holdings on Lewis & Clark webpages. Contact the new media staff for assistance.

Under most circumstances, we do not release high-resolution images for projects produced outside our office. Those images we do release must be used for Lewis & Clark communications only, and are not for personal or commercial use. We do not release images for use by students. If you would like to request high-resolution images from our digital image library for use in other projects, fill out and submit the Request to Use Images form. We will respond to your request within three business days.