For our purposes, Rights-Managed media (also called “licensed media”) are images or video that NAEYC doesn’t own, but has the photographer’s or videographer’s permission to use in print and digital materials, on our website, and more.

You will only be compensated if NAEYC chooses, in its sole discretion, to use your photo or video. You can find the rate schedule on our website.
 
You will receive email notification that your image has been used, and the rate of compensation. NAEYC will send you a check shortly there after to the address included on the Media Release form.
 
Please note: the Rate Schedule is subject to change at any time without warning at NAEYC’s sole discretion.

NAEYC publishes imagery that enhance or convey content for early childhood educators and families. We are looking for photos and video with the following elements.

• Children birth through age 8 engaged in a variety of learning experiences
• Teachers engaged with children
• Children working or playing together (photographed at the children's height, from the front)
• Children working or playing on their own (photographed at the children's height, from the front)
• Adults interacting with each other (e.g. teachers talking to each other, a teacher talking to a parent)

We are also looking for:

• Diversity (in terms of staff, children, settings)
• Action (children doing something, not posed)
• Examples of developmentally appropriate practices

If you would no longer like to have your photo or video in NAEYC’s Rights-Managed media library, you can ask for it to be removed at any time. Please note, this will prevent NAEYC from using your image in future materials, but it will still be used in any existing materials.

You must be the photographer or videographer of the photos or video. You may not submit photos that you have sold the rights to. By submitting images to NAEYC you are guaranteeing that you have the rights to use the image and share those rights with NAEYC, and that all the people in your photos and video have signed a model release.

You will receive an email to the email address included on the release form.

No, you must be the photographer or videographer to submit photos to NAEYC’s Rights-Managed media library.

We can’t accept photos without signed releases from every person that appears in your photos. There is no exception.

If you’d like to use your own model release, please submit a copy prior to uploading images for approval.

Yes. You must include both the Media Release Form and signed Model releases each time you submit photos to NAEYC.