Stock photos - Kunnskapsbasen
Stock photos
Students and employees can get access to and download photos from the stock photo service Colourbox.
Norsk versjon – Stockfoto
Copyright
You must always make sure that the author or licensee has given permission to use the photo on NTNU's website, in presentations, prints and more. The exception is if the photo is for free use, as under a Creative Commons license, or stockphotos in Colourbox where the photo is for free use. Also note that photos may have a limited use, especially if you buy photos where this is specified.
Colourbox
NTNU has a subscription to Colourbox, a Danish image bank with 25 million images, vectors and videos. Be aware of that this is the Danish version of Colourbox (colourbox.dk).
Almost half of the images are from the Nordic countries, which means that much of the material reflects Nordic and Scandinavian themes.
School licence for students and employees
Students and employees can take advantage of the following offers in our school licence at Colourbox:
- Full access to the entire image bank
- 30 free photo downloads per month
- Application for downloaded images: academic, non-commercial use
- Academic, non-commercial use means for use in assignments, projects, presentations etc internal at NTNU
Access
- Copy NTNU’s education key 2846222604792 (new key as of 1 September 2024)
- Go to this page: Paste the education key in the field «Uddannelsesnøglen» and click Send
- Choose «Studerende» (student) or «Ansat ved fakultetet» (employee)
- Fill in the required information. Your email address will be your user name.
- If you can read Norwegian, please read the licence agreement, in particular «brugsbetingelser»(terms of use) and«lisensavtale»(licence agreement).
- Tick the box to approve the licence agreement
- Uncheck «modtage medlemsopdateringer» (receive member updates) if this is of no interest
- Finally, click «Opret konto» (create account)
- Make sure to log off and on to activate the new education key
Remember to log on before downloading photos.
Provide credit when you use Colourbox photos
You should always credit the photo service when you use photos that you have downloaded from Colourbox.
- Accreditation is usually given as follows: Photo: Colourbox.dk/photographer (enter the name of the photographer)
- Write the accreditation below or next to the photo you are using
- For online use of a photo, and if possible, link to the photo in Colourbox
Tips on how to find photos
- See «Kategorier» (categories) in the drop-down menu top left
- Searching in English provides the best results
- You may also search in Danish and German
- Colourbox
Communication network access
Employees in NTNU’s communication network who want a user account in Colourbox, should take contact via NTNU Hjelp, see below.
Accreditation of images for editorial and commercial use (in Danish).
See also Colourbox Kunder FAQ (customer FAQ, in Danish) about rights of use and more.