Photographic services include the Photography Office and the Energy Technology Visuals Collection (ETVC) Visuals Library.
Photography
Forrestal: Room BH-071
Phone: (202) 586-1350
The Photography Office is a fully digital in-house lab that serves all of the Department of Energy's Facilities.
Requesting a photographer for an assignment:
- The department photographers cover photographic assignments within DOE buildings and other locations. All requests for services must be accompanied with a written request.
- After the assignment the photographers are responsible for processing the digital image. Requesters have the option of editing the image, but the photographers normally edit and prepare print orders accordingly.
- When images are completed the original requester is notified and the digital images are sent to the Visuals Library to be filed. All files are the property of the Department of Energy. Additional prints are available upon request.
- Print size can range from 8" x 10" to 40" x 60". The larger size is for display boards.
Requesting a Passport/Visa or Portrait
- Passport/Visa photos can be obtained by visiting:
- Forrestal - Photography Lab located in BH-071, (202) 586-1350.
- Germantown - Conferencing Office located in E-055, (301) 903-4352. Germantown office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. No appointment is necessary but call to ensure a staff person is available.
- To better serve you, please call in advance to schedule passport/visa photos and portraits.
- Portrait background flags are optional for all Assistant Secretaries.
- Men should schedule their portraits as early in the morning as possible, the sharp lens used for the pictures shows the face in sharp detail.
Form for Requesting Services
If you have need of our services and you are located at either of the Forrestal Building or Germantown complexes, submit a completed Request for Print, Mail and Visual Media Services HQ F 1420.7. Please follow the instructions provided, print and sign the form, then deliver it to us. This is an Acrobat file that is both fillable and can be saved with the Acrobat Reader. The form MUST be signed by a Federal employee of DOE before the project can be started. The signature is our authorization to spend budgeted funds necessary to satisfy your requirement. Additionally, it is the requestor’s certification that the work requested is necessary to conduct official DOE business and that the requestor is a Federal (not a contractor) employee of DOE.
You may also send the completed form to us by e-mailing graphics@hq.doe.gov. When submitting a photography request electronically you also need to call the Photography office at (202) 586-1350 to confirm the scheduling availability of the photographer, and then come to Forrestal BH-071 to sign the job request.
Visuals Library
Energy Technology Visuals Collection (ETVC)
Forrestal Room BH-071
Phone (202) 586-9796
Hours of operation: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Energy Technology Visuals Collection (ETVC) serves as DOE's central repository of visuals representing the Department's many research and technology programs.
The ETVC is the primary contact for image management and inquires for the DOE Digital Archive, a web-based library of thousands of photographs and other images representing all areas in Energy both current and historical.
Browse through the collection to see high quality photographs depicting such programs as Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Fossil Energy, Nonproliferation and National Security, Nuclear Energy, Science, Health, and Environmental Management.
We maintain a sizable collection of Historic images dating back from the development of the Manhattan Project.
Our images are digitized and available electronically. Each image is accompanied by a caption and background information.
With 27,000 pictures, the ETVC is an excellent resource for DOE program personnel preparing publications, presentations, and briefings. We also serve DOE contractors, other Federal agencies, state and local agencies, universities, the media and the public, upon approval.
In addition, we maintain the negatives and files of photographs taken by the DOE photography department and prints can be made as needed.
There are also several electronic photo libraries maintained by some of our National Laboratories. You may visit them directly, and if you need any assistance or would like to obtain printed or electronic versions of the photographs, the ETVC staff will gladly assist you.
Use this link to go to the ETVC FAQs.
Last updated 08/15/12