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Making a credits page for a photo collection

Keep contributors connected to their photographs with clear, current, and useful credits.

Yenra Photography · Published October 15, 2026

A credits page gives the people behind a collection a clear place within it. Keep each name connected to the right photograph, distinguish the photographer from other contributions, and make the information easy to find again. Three careful entries can be a useful beginning.

The photographs here form a new editorial example drawn from Otakon 2018. Their existing pages and source records remain available. The example shows how to organize confirmed information while giving future additions a place to belong.

Use a current name with a stable photograph link

This Ochaco Uraraka portrait is credited here to Gillian Foxglove, with photography by Yenra. The current name remains connected to the same photograph and the existing Gillian Foxglove collection.

Start your own draft with a clear way to identify each photograph. A descriptive title and source link work well online; a title and page number can work in a printed collection. Keep that reference beside the credit so readers can tell which picture it belongs to.

Check how each contributor currently wants to be named and credited. A stable photograph reference lets you update the displayed name while keeping the connection to the picture. Your working notes can record where you confirmed the information and any questions to revisit.

Separate photography from other contributions. If the source gives a general credit without a specific role, retain that wording until a more precise description is confirmed. A clear, accurate entry is a strong starting point.

Keep shared credits together

The supplied credit for this Janet Weiss and Columbia photograph is Omashu, Easybriizy. Keeping both names beside the photograph preserves their shared association. The source does not assign those names to left or right positions, so the example leaves the shared credit together.

A photograph can involve several kinds of contribution. When you know the roles, you can name them clearly. When the available information is a shared credit, keep the complete string rather than guessing which person or object each name refers to.

Read the entry alongside the image and check that no name has been lost. If a contributor provides a preferred profile or portfolio link, verify that it leads to the intended destination. A useful credit can help someone discover more of that person's work.

For a small collection, consistency helps: use the same order of information for each entry, with a photograph reference, photography credit, other confirmed credit, and source. The example below uses ordinary text and links so those relationships stay available without extra controls.

Start with what is confirmed and keep room to add

The Blend-S group photograph records Yenra as the photographer and has no supplied contributor credit. Its keyword associations are available on the original page, but they do not identify a complete roster or connect names to individual positions. We can begin with the confirmed photography credit and add other contributions when they are confirmed.

Try the same approach with three photographs of your own. Keep unanswered questions in your working notes, and let the public draft begin with what you can confirm. Before sharing it, read every entry beside its photograph and test each link or page reference.

A credits page can grow with the collection. Keep a simple record of confirmed updates so a new name, clearer role, or preferred link is easy to carry forward. Thoughtful credits make the people who contributed easier to acknowledge and their work easier to explore.

Look back with curiosity.

• Can a reader tell which photograph each credit belongs to?
• Are the names and roles confirmed and current?
• What small addition would make the contributors easier to acknowledge?

Keep exploring

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