The Press Photo Area is intended to support members of the press covering the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Awards®. You must request and receive a user name and password from us before you may access the photo archive portion of this site.  Please read the  Conditions of Use  then fill out the  Application for Online Access to download these photos.

Once your application has been approved, you will be able to browse the archive, and download images. The three ways of browsing images are:

• List Events - Photographs are organized by event
  
  
• List all Images - All images from the selected section(s) are shown (newer images are listed before older images)
  
  
• Photo Search - Only matching photographs are shown
  

Please Note: Photos that are older than 18 months are not available online in a hi-resolution format. These photos may be requested via e-mail at pressphoto@oscars.org. Please include the photo file name and allow up to 2 business days for delivery. (If this matter is time sensitive, please contact the Academy's Publicity Department directly at (310) 247-3090).

We have help available on the following topics:

• Sections - the major divisions that are used to organize the photo archive
  
  
• Events - the organization applied to each section of the photo archive
  
  
• Searching - how to find photos of a particular person or subject
  
  
• Display Formats - available options for browsing the archive
  
  
• Downloading - how to download the high resolution images to your computer