All photos on this site are available free of charge for non-commercial use provided their use supports humanitarian, development and peace-focused activities.

You cannot alter, sell, redistribute or use any photos from this Site to create derivative works unless you have obtained express permission from the Registered User who uploaded the photo. Any User wishing to use the Materials in these ways (i.e., for commercial purposes), must obtain permission directly from the Registered User. Please see the relevant section of this manual – (Using Photos from this Site – Rules and Limitations).

By using this site, you agree to:

• Acknowledge the owner of a photo and the copyright information on the photo’s download page;
• Make no alterations to a photo which may suggest a different source;
• Use a photo only in the context of the original description;
• Abstain from editing a photo in any way that changes its original intent or context; the only permitted edits are basic colour and exposure corrections;
• Maintain captions exactly as provided on a photo’s download page, without altering content or using the photo/description in a way that does not accurately reflect the initial intention of the photo.

You must also acknowledge that photos from the MIMU Photo Archive:

• Cannot be sold or used for commercial purposes;
• Cannot be used for advertising or marketing;
• Cannot be used in ways which are inconsistent with, or damaging to, humanitarian, development and peace-focused activities;

Photos downloaded from the MIMU Photo Archive must be used in context to the subject matter and reflect the work of the uploader/organisation.

Downloaded photos should not be changed, altered, cropped or further edited/photoshopped in any way except for simple colour or exposure corrections to meet the requirements of the delivery method (e.g., web, print or broadcast). If you wish to make any changes, edits or crops to a photo, you must seek direct permission to do so from the organisation that uploaded the photo.

The use of a photo must reflect the positive work being done by the contributing organisation and the subject. Photos must portray the subjects in a way that promote both the dignity and the rights of the population and the photo subjects, and not as victims or passive aid recipients and any use of the photos must reflect this same policy for the end user.

For further details, please see the MIMU Photo Archive Terms and Conditions of Use.

Uploaded photos should be of humanitarian, development and peace-focused work being carried out in Myanmar undertaken by the uploading organisation. Photos can be no larger than 20MB in JPG or PNG formats and must follow the Informed Consent Policy for Photo Subjects.

In line with the criteria for good photojournalism, uploaded photos should maintain the integrity of the photographic images’ content and context and must not be manipulated or altered in any way that can mislead viewers or misrepresent subjects.

Registered Users must not do any of the following:

• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
• Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information;
• Upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy and publicity) unless the Registered User owns or controls the rights thereto or has received all consents therefor as may be required by law;
• Upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs that may cause damage and disruption to the operation of other devices;
• Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded;
• Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a photo that is uploaded;
• Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests or chain letters, or download any file posted by another User of the Site that the Registered User knows, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner;
• Use Materials on the Site for commercial purposes. Users cannot resell or redistribute them, or compile or create derivative works from any of the Photos contained in this Site.

For further details, please see the MIMU Photo Archive Terms and Conditions of Use

The Informed Consent Policy for Photo Subjects applies to all people who may be identifiable in photos. The policy requires you to ensure that permission has been given by the adult subject of a photo – or the parents or guardians if the subject is a child under 18 years of age – to use their photo for agency purposes. This is to protect the subject’s right to privacy.

All photos uploaded by Registered Users must meet the following criteria:

1. Photos of identifiable adults are used only with the express and informed consent of that individual.
2. Photos of identifiable children under 18 years of age must have informed consent from the child’s parents or guardians.
3. Photos must promote both the dignity and the rights of the population and the photo subjects.
4. Photos of individuals shall protect the subject’s right to privacy. As such, unique photo information will not include individual’s personal information, including but not limited to names, locations and medical information.
5. Photos may include location information down to the township level, but not below this level. The Photo Archive will strip all location metadata from the original file during the upload process.

The search tool can help you find the photos and galleries you’re looking for. Only photos matching all entered criteria will be displayed. Searches are not case sensitive.

The search criteria:

Search In:

Used to look for individual photos or a collection of photos.

Location:

Used to find photos captured in a specific location. It is recommended that you use as few keywords as possible (e.g., for photos of Shan State, simply write “Shan”).

Photographer:

Used to find photos taken by specific photographers or organisations. The drop-down menu contains a list of the various photo creators (photographer or organisation) in the Archive.

Tags:

Used to find photos with keywords that are relevant to the content/subject of the photo. The drop-down menu contains a list of every tag currently used in the Photo Archive.

Organisation:

Used to find photos uploaded by a specific organisation. The drop-down menu contains a list of every organisation with photos in the Photo Archive.

Date Filter:

Used to search photos taken (not uploaded) within a specific date range.

Photos can be uploaded only by Registered Users. Click on your name in the top right corner of the screen and select the “Upload” tab.

Once your photos have begun the upload process, be sure to click on each photo individually to add relevant information to it (the Unique Photo Information).

The required information for each photo is as follows:

• Title: Brief description of the general context of the image.
• Photographer: The original creator of the photo (photographer or organisation) who must be properly acknowledged upon any/every use of the photo. If the photographer is unknown, attribute your organisation.
• Location: Country, State/Region and Township name. Please select the auto-suggested location when possible.
• Date Taken: Date when the image was captured (DD-MM-YYYY)

  Day is only for the upload process and only the Month and Year will be visible to the public.

• Caption: A clear description of the contents of the photo with relevant information giving context to the shot. Note that names of persons cannot be included.
• Keywords: Used to find your photo via the search tool. Keywords should be relevant to the photo but must not identify subjects or exact location (e.g., no addresses, street names, house numbers, wards, etc.).
• Copyright: Includes the name of the original creator and the contributing organisation who commissioned and uploaded the photo.

Unique photo information is the set of info for an individual photo, which can be applied by clicking on a photo before pressing the “Upload” button. We recommend that you add unique photo information to each uploaded photo as this vastly improves the effectiveness of the search tool.

Galleries are collections of photos uploaded by one Registered User on a particular theme or context. Galleries can be created in the pop-up box after pressing the “Upload” button. Each gallery requires Gallery Information summarising the photos inside the gallery. Gallery Information does not overwrite existing Unique Photo Information but will automatically be applied to a photo without Unique Photo Information, limiting the User information on your uploaded photos. Please be sure to add Unique Photo Information to each uploaded image and not to use Gallery Information as a substitute for Unique Photo Information.

All photos included in the MIMU Photo Archive must include attribution recording the name of the original photographer/organisation. The attribution format is as follows:

Photo by [name of photographer]/[name of organisation]; [any related/involved partner organisation(s)]; Location [township, state, country]; Date Taken [month-yyyy]. Via photo.themimu.info

[Any other attribution information made available on the download page of each individual ]

For example:

A doctor gives medical care to a young child. Jane Doe/OrgName; Bago Township, Bago Region, Myanmar; May-2020. Via https://photo.themimu.info/

© OrgName, all rights reserved.

To find your past photo uploads:

1. Make sure that you are logged in as a Registered User.
2. Click on the down arrow located next to your name at the top right corner.
3. Click on “Profile”.

Each Registered User must first register for a password to be able to upload or download Photos.

To edit the information on your profile, including your password:

1. Make sure that you are logged in.
2. Click on the down arrow located next to your name at the top right corner.
3. Click on “Settings”.
4. After you have finished editing, click on “Save”.

Note: only your name and country are visible to other Registered Users. MIMU does not share Registered User details with any third party.

To change your email address or your organisation’s profile information, please contact photo@themimu.info

Please visit the lost password page to recover your password along with the username. Simply follow the on-screen instructions.

To report an inappropriate image, please contact photo@themimu.info. Any photos that fail to meet the criteria and/or standards described in the MIMU Photo Archive’s Terms and Conditions can be reported as inappropriate. For details, please refer to the Photo Archive Manual section “The rules and limitations on using photos from this site”

To report an attribution issue, please contact photo@themimu.info. Attribution refers to the information provided by Registered Users on any particular photo which must be included when this photo is downloaded and used for any purpose.