PHOTOGRAPHIC LIBRARY
Photographs of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and its community
CAVA's photo collection contains thousands of photos of a wide variety of subjects. There are portrait photographs of rectors, official photographs (including pictures of academic opening ceremonies and awards of (honorary) doctorates), of students in laboratories and the library, of staff members either at work or on excursions, of information days and of open days. These photographs were taken by various regular photographers of the VUB, by employees of the university or CAVA, by professors and by students.
A large number of these images can be viewed via our online catalogue. Did you find a description that interests you, but there is no image linked to it? Then this picture is not digitally available yet. In that case you can consult it in our reading room.
You can request a digital copy of some of the photos in our collection. What can and is allowed depends on the copyright on the photo, the persons, buildings and works of art depicted in the photo and the purpose for which you want to use the photo. When you request a digital copy, depending on the type of use (research, publication, personal or commercial use) permission will have to be requested from one or more parties and you might also have to pay a fee.
If you are interested in a digital copy of an image from our collection, be sure to read the reproduction rules and then fill in the application form.
It goes without saying that we do everything in our power to comply with the statutory copyright regulations. Unfortunately, not every piece in our collection has a known author. Please contact us if you believe you can still assert rights.