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How to Find a Person's Picture Online

Finding a photo of a celebrity, political/historical figure, or just about anyone can be easily done on the Internet using your browser's search feature or by using a search engine such as Google. While you may have a tougher time finding images of lesser known individuals, images of more prominent people such as famous actors are easy to find with a simple search. Be sure to keep image usage terms in mind if you plan on reusing the image.

Things You'll Need

Person's full name
Information about the individual

Instructions

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  Open your Internet browser and either click the search bar at the top of the browser or use the address bar to go to a search engine used to find images. Popular image search engines include Google Image Search, Yahoo! Image Search, Flickr, PhotoBucket, and MSN Live Image Search.
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  Type the full name of the individual you want to find into the image search engine. Type the person's full name unless it is someone like Madonna or Sting who is more commonly known by one part of their name, or their nickname.
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  Browse through the images for the person you wish to find. The images will have descriptions below them and can be clicked if you wish to view the image. If the search results aren't what you're looking for, try typing more information about the person into your search (official job title, age, website and place of residence are all helpful).
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  Search social networking sites such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook for the person's name if your image search results are still inconclusive. The person may also have a personal blog or a fan site, so check those in a traditional Google search as well.

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