Attribution

Photo credits

Photography on this site comes from three places: the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp, whose frames appear courtesy of Visit Music City on our editorial pages; openly licensed photographs (Creative Commons images require attribution, Pexels License images do not, but both are listed); and property media awaiting commercial clearance, recorded separately and not shown until cleared. Photographers and rights holders do not endorse NSVL.

Courtesy of Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.

Used with permission of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp (Visit Music City) to promote Nashville as a destination and to illustrate our tourism coverage. These frames never appear on the shop, advertising or private-events pages, and are not used in advertising or merchandise.

  • A live concert crowd in Nashville. (Music editorial (reserve))
  • Aerial view of the Tennessee State Capitol and downtown Nashville skyline with green parkland. (Weekend page lead)
  • Bastion’s dining room under paper lanterns in Wedgewood-Houston, Nashville. (Wedgewood-Houston guide: Bastion pick)
  • Cassadee Pope performing at the Ryman Auditorium. (Live music tonight lead)
  • John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge at blue hour with downtown skyline and Cumberland River reflections. (Nashville with kids guide cover)
  • Music Row streetscape in Nashville. (Music Row neighborhood photograph)
  • Nashville skyline seen from a pedestrian bridge. (Plan your trip intro)
  • People dancing outdoors at a Musicians Corner concert in Nashville. (Events page intro)
  • Playdate's white historic house and outdoor patio on 12th Avenue South. (12 South guide: Playdate pick)
  • The Butter Milk Ranch restaurant and patio on 12th Avenue South in Nashville. (12 South guide: Butter Milk Ranch pick)
  • The cocktail bar at Twelve Thirty Club in Nashville. (Restaurants page intro)
  • The lobby of the Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville. (Where to Stay in Nashville guide cover)
  • The Parthenon at Centennial Park along West End Avenue. (West End neighborhood photograph)
  • Twelve Thirty Club supper club bar with red and green leather seating, brass, marble, and dark wood. (Downtown guide: Twelve Thirty Club pick)

Alexander Wark Feeney

  • Used for: Homepage hero video poster; Homepage hero video; 12-second muted loop
  • Source: Pexels source page
  • License: Pexels License
  • Changes: Still extracted from source video at t=8s; resized to 1920×1012; no generative editing.

Warren LeMay from Chicago, IL, United States

Property media awaiting commercial clearance

These sources are recorded for chain-of-custody only. They are not shown on the live site until each asset is marked cleared and approved for commercial digital editorial use on Nashville.com. Visit Music City frames are listed above under their own permission.

1 Hotels

  • Source: 1 Hotels
  • Intended for: Downtown guide hotels
  • Source filenames: source file
  • Status: Commercial digital website rights still required. No public license is claimed. Not shown in production until cleared and approved.

Assembly Food Hall

  • Source: Assembly Food Hall
  • Intended for: Downtown guide dining
  • Source filenames: source file
  • Status: Commercial digital website rights still required. No public license is claimed. Not shown in production until cleared and approved.

Butchertown Hall

  • Source: Butchertown Hall
  • Intended for: Germantown neighborhood dining — live-fire/groups (LOCKED)
  • Source filenames: edited.jpg
  • Status: Commercial digital website rights still required. No public license is claimed. Not shown in production until cleared and approved.

Category 10

  • Source: Category 10
  • Intended for: Downtown guide Broadway pick
  • Source filenames: source file
  • Status: Commercial digital website rights still required. No public license is claimed. Not shown in production until cleared and approved.

Chief's on Broadway

  • Source: Chief's on Broadway
  • Intended for: Downtown guide Broadway pick
  • Source filenames: source file
  • Status: Commercial digital website rights still required. No public license is claimed. Not shown in production until cleared and approved.

CMHOF

  • Source: CMHOF
  • Intended for: Downtown guide attractions
  • Source filenames: source file
  • Status: Commercial digital website rights still required. No public license is claimed. Not shown in production until cleared and approved.

etch restaurant

  • Source: etch restaurant
  • Intended for: Downtown guide dining
  • Source filenames: source file
  • Status: Commercial digital website rights still required. No public license is claimed. Not shown in production until cleared and approved.

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

  • Source: Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
  • Intended for: Homepage hero (desktop); Homepage hero (mobile portrait crop); Homepage hub: Hotels; Guide: A Nashville Weekend Itinerary; Downtown guide SoBro zone; Downtown guide dining; Downtown guide hotels
  • Source filenames: NSH_146_original.jpg; NSH_490_original.jpg; NSH_457_original.jpg; source file
  • Status: Obtained from Four Seasons Nashville press DAM. Do not invent a public license. Formal usage authorization still required for production claims.

Hyatt Hotels

  • Source: Hyatt Hotels
  • Intended for: Downtown guide Nashville Yards zone; Downtown guide hotels
  • Source filenames: source file
  • Status: Commercial digital website rights still required. No public license is claimed. Not shown in production until cleared and approved.

James Fullerton / Metro Nashville Parks

  • Source: Metro Nashville Parks
  • Intended for: Attraction card: Shelby Bottoms Greenway
  • Source filenames: 3-Hiking_and_Trails1_photobyJamesFullerton.jpg
  • Status: Published Nashville.gov file is only 739×492. Larger approved original still needed from Metro Parks. Do not upscale. Written authorization required before treating as fully cleared.

Lettuce Entertain You

  • Source: Lettuce Entertain You
  • Intended for: Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood dining — dinner+design (LOCKED)
  • Source filenames: 1d09c0e3-aba_nashvilleinterior.jpg
  • Status: Commercial digital website rights still required. No public license is claimed. Not shown in production until cleared and approved.

National Museum of African American Music

  • Source: National Museum of African American Music
  • Intended for: Attraction card: National Museum of African American Music
  • Source filenames: hero-video-thumbnail.jpg
  • Status: Exact homepage hero composition. Published file is 1300×731; request higher-resolution original via NMAAM Media Requests if needed. Formal usage authorization still required.

Robert's Western World

  • Source: Robert's Western World
  • Intended for: Downtown guide Broadway pick
  • Source filenames: source file
  • Status: Commercial digital website rights still required. No public license is claimed. Not shown in production until cleared and approved.

Ryman Auditorium

  • Source: Ryman Auditorium
  • Intended for: Attraction card: Ryman Auditorium Tour
  • Source filenames: RYM_Website_Tour_Header-v5-cafe7f59ac.jpg
  • Status: Official Ryman tour marketing image. Contact Ryman communications for a larger original if needed. Formal usage authorization still required.

Sterling E. Stevens

  • Source: The Parthenon / Centennial Park Conservancy
  • Intended for: Attraction card: The Parthenon
  • Source filenames: Sterling-E-Stevensparthenon-110-(3).jpg
  • Status: Authorized Parthenon / Conservancy file requested. Do not substitute Wikimedia or stock. Formal usage authorization still required.

The Country Music Hall Of Fame and Museum

  • Source: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Intended for: Attraction card: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Source filenames: 398202162-museum-buyout.jpg
  • Status: Official group marketing kit DOWNLOAD asset. Credit required as stated by CMHOF. Formal usage confirmation still required for commercial destination publishing.

The Joseph Nashville

  • Source: The Joseph Nashville
  • Intended for: Downtown guide hotels
  • Source filenames: source file
  • Status: Commercial digital website rights still required. No public license is claimed. Not shown in production until cleared and approved.

The Truth / Live Nation (architectural rendering)

  • Source: The Truth / Live Nation
  • Intended for: Venue card: The Truth
  • Source filenames: The-Truth-Exterior-2048x1165.webp
  • Status: Must be labeled as an architectural rendering until real photography replaces it. Related announcement: https://www.ajcpt.com/firm/news/livenation-the-truth-billboard. Formal usage authorization still required.

Owned BPH photography used editorially on this site does not require public photographer attribution unless a specific agreement says otherwise. Full internal rights records live in the project documentation and are not published here.