Photography
Official laboratory photography is supported through the Creative Services Department. We offer a wide range of products including professional studio and location photography. Our images are used for all types of internal and external communication products, as well as scientific reviews, posters and journals. We provide photography support for all people associated with the Lab, from funding agencies and users, to employees and subcontractors.
Typical types of photography assignments
- Portraits either in studio or on location
- Studio photos of large and small objects
- On-site and off-site location photography
- Illustrative magazine style photos for publications
- Photography of VIP visits and tours, special events and open houses
- Large groups of employees and experimental collaborations
- Documentation of civil construction activities
- Documentation of accelerator or experimental hardware
- Documentation of experimental results and engineering studies
- Outdoor nature photography of the Fermilab site
- Architectural photography
- Aerial photography of the Fermilab site
Creative Services maintains a searchable database of all images we take with an interface on the Web. We are also responsible for maintaining the historical negatives and images of Fermilab dating back to the start of the Lab in 1968.
Appointments can be made for photography by calling our office at extension 3349 or by email at Creative Services.
Photographic prints can be ordered online here.
We also offer film-scanning services of our historical film archive.
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Fermilab creative assets library is managed by Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC as manager and operator of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Office of Science. Copyright 2024 Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
To request permission to use Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory visuals, footage, or media materials, please email Creative Services or call +1 630-840-3349. Requests should specify the way in which the images or footage will be used and permissions are granted only for those specified purposes. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory materials that are downloaded or obtained through request may not be altered.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory visuals, footage, or media materials may not be used for commercial or advertising/marketing purposes or in any way that implies an endorsement of any company, product, or service by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or the manager and operator of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or the United States Department of Energy. Please apply Fermilab’s standard credit format when using visuals, footage or media materials. This includes “Credit: [Author’s name], Fermilab (or provided institution)”.