UW Photo Library

How to access photos from the UW Photo Library

Members of the UW–Madison community (faculty, staff, and current students) can access the UW Photo Library by following the steps below.

If you are a member of the media seeking photography from the UW Photo Library, please email your request for photos to photos.strategiccommunication@wisc.edu.

Log in

If you have a UW email address ending in wisc.edu

1. Click on the “login” link in the upper-right corner of the photo library webpage.
2. Click on the “University login” link.
   
3. If asked, supply your NetID username and password.
4. You will now be logged in to the site and can download images by clicking the download icon on an individual image page or through any lightboxes you create.

If you have a UW email address not ending in wisc.edu (for example supportuw.org or uwhealth.org)

1. Please send an email to bryce.richter@wisc.edu to request initial download access to the site. Please allow up to 24 hours for this request to be filled.
2. You will receive an email response with instructions to finalize your account access. Follow those steps.
3. Once you have been granted site access, click on the “login” link in the upper-right corner of the photo library webpage.
4. Click on the “Use our public login” link.
   
5. If asked, supply your NetID username and password.
6. You will now be logged in to the site and can download images by clicking the download icon on an individual image page or through any lightboxes that you create.

Download photos

Once logged in to the site, images can be downloaded by clicking the download icon on an individual image page or through any lightboxes you create.