diff --git a/preston-cmd/src/main/java/bio/guoda/preston/zenodo/ZenodoUtils.java b/preston-cmd/src/main/java/bio/guoda/preston/zenodo/ZenodoUtils.java
index 2ca14161..94828bc0 100644
--- a/preston-cmd/src/main/java/bio/guoda/preston/zenodo/ZenodoUtils.java
+++ b/preston-cmd/src/main/java/bio/guoda/preston/zenodo/ZenodoUtils.java
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import static bio.guoda.preston.cmd.ZenodoMetaUtil.IMAGE_TYPE_PHOTO;
+import static bio.guoda.preston.cmd.ZenodoMetaUtil.RESOURCE_TYPE_PHOTO;
+
 public class ZenodoUtils {
 
 
@@ -245,13 +248,22 @@ public static IRI getQueryForExistingDepositions(ZenodoConfig ctx, List<String>
     public static IRI getQueryForExistingDepositions(ZenodoConfig ctx, List<String> contentIds, String method, String type) {
         String prefix = communitiesPrefix(ctx);
         String query = prefix + "q=" + getQueryForIds(contentIds);
-        query = appendTypeClause(type, query);
+        query = appendTypeClause(type, query, method);
         return getQuery(ctx.getEndpoint(), query, method);
     }
 
-    private static String appendTypeClause(String type, String query) {
-        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(type)) {
-            query = query + "&f=resource_type%3A" + JavaScriptAndPythonFriendlyURLEncodingUtil.urlEncode(type);
+    private static String appendTypeClause(String type, String query, String method) {
+        if ( StringUtils.isNotBlank(type)) {
+            if (StringUtils.startsWith(method, "/search")) {
+                query = query + "&f=resource_type%3A" + JavaScriptAndPythonFriendlyURLEncodingUtil.urlEncode(type);
+            } else {
+                // see https://github.com/zenodo/zenodo/issues/2545
+                if (RESOURCE_TYPE_PHOTO.equals(type) || "image-photo".equals(type)) {
+                    query = query + "&type=image&subtype=photo";
+                } else {
+                    query = query + "&type=" + JavaScriptAndPythonFriendlyURLEncodingUtil.urlEncode(type);
+                }
+            }
         }
         return query;
     }
@@ -268,7 +280,8 @@ private static void findExistingRecords(ZenodoConfig ctx, List<String> ids, Coll
     public static IRI getQueryForExistingRecords(ZenodoConfig ctx, List<String> ids, String type) {
         String prefix = communitiesPrefix(ctx);
         String queryPath = prefix + "all_versions=false&q=" + getQueryForIds(ids);
-        return getQuery(ctx.getEndpoint(), appendTypeClause(type, queryPath), "/api/records");
+        String method = "/api/records";
+        return getQuery(ctx.getEndpoint(), appendTypeClause(type, queryPath, method), method);
     }
 
     private static String communitiesPrefix(ZenodoConfig ctx) {
diff --git a/preston-zenodo/src/test/java/bio/guoda/preston/zenodo/ZenodoUtilsTest.java b/preston-zenodo/src/test/java/bio/guoda/preston/zenodo/ZenodoUtilsTest.java
index 2dbd4a2f..f982b3fb 100644
--- a/preston-zenodo/src/test/java/bio/guoda/preston/zenodo/ZenodoUtilsTest.java
+++ b/preston-zenodo/src/test/java/bio/guoda/preston/zenodo/ZenodoUtilsTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package bio.guoda.preston.zenodo;
 
+import bio.guoda.preston.RefNodeFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.apache.commons.rdf.api.IRI;
@@ -99,4 +100,65 @@ public void extractFileIdsNoMatching() throws IOException {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void queryForExistingRecordsPhysicalObject() {
+        IRI queryForExistingRecords = ZenodoUtils.getQueryForExistingRecords(
+                new ZenodoContext("secret", "https://sandbox.zenodo.org"),
+                Arrays.asList("urn:lsid:MfN:Ento:BMT0004596"),
+                "physicalobject"
+        );
+
+        assertThat(queryForExistingRecords, Is.is(RefNodeFactory.toIRI(
+                "https://sandbox.zenodo.org/api/records" +
+                        "?all_versions=false" +
+                        "&q=alternate.identifier:%22urn%3Alsid%3AMfN%3AEnto%3ABMT0004596%22" +
+                        "&type=physicalobject"))
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void searchPageForExistingRecordsPhysicalObject() {
+        IRI queryForExistingRecords = ZenodoUtils.getSearchPageForExistingRecords(
+                new ZenodoContext("secret", "https://sandbox.zenodo.org"),
+                Arrays.asList("urn:lsid:MfN:Ento:BMT0004596"),
+                "physicalobject"
+        );
+
+        assertThat(queryForExistingRecords, Is.is(RefNodeFactory.toIRI(
+                "https://sandbox.zenodo.org/search" +
+                        "?q=alternate.identifier:%22urn%3Alsid%3AMfN%3AEnto%3ABMT0004596%22" +
+                        "&f=resource_type%3Aphysicalobject")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void queryForExistingRecordsPhoto() {
+        IRI queryForExistingRecords = ZenodoUtils.getQueryForExistingRecords(
+                new ZenodoContext("secret", "https://sandbox.zenodo.org"),
+                Arrays.asList("urn:lsid:MfN:Ento:BMT0004596"),
+                "image-photo"
+        );
+
+        assertThat(queryForExistingRecords, Is.is(RefNodeFactory.toIRI(
+                "https://sandbox.zenodo.org/api/records" +
+                        "?all_versions=false" +
+                        "&q=alternate.identifier:%22urn%3Alsid%3AMfN%3AEnto%3ABMT0004596%22" +
+                        "&type=image" +
+                        "&subtype=photo")));
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void searchPageForExistingRecords() {
+        IRI queryForExistingRecords = ZenodoUtils.getSearchPageForExistingRecords(
+                new ZenodoContext("secret", "https://sandbox.zenodo.org"),
+                Arrays.asList("urn:lsid:MfN:Ento:BMT0004596"),
+                "image-photo"
+        );
+
+        assertThat(queryForExistingRecords.getIRIString(), Is.is("https://sandbox.zenodo.org/search" +
+                "?q=alternate.identifier:%22urn%3Alsid%3AMfN%3AEnto%3ABMT0004596%22" +
+                "&f=resource_type%3Aimage-photo"));
+    }
+
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/preston-zenodo/src/test/java/bio/guoda/preston/zenodo/ZenodoUtilsZoteroIT.java b/preston-zenodo/src/test/java/bio/guoda/preston/zenodo/ZenodoUtilsZoteroIT.java
index 9f148dab..797dd4c8 100644
--- a/preston-zenodo/src/test/java/bio/guoda/preston/zenodo/ZenodoUtilsZoteroIT.java
+++ b/preston-zenodo/src/test/java/bio/guoda/preston/zenodo/ZenodoUtilsZoteroIT.java
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ public void findDepositByBothContentIdAndTaxoDrosId() throws IOException {
         assertOneRecordWithMatchingId(Arrays.asList(getContentId(), getLsid()));
     }
 
+
+
     private void assertOneRecordWithMatchingId(List<String> contentId) throws IOException {
         Collection<Pair<Long, String>> ids = ZenodoUtils.findByAlternateIds(ctx, contentId, "");
         assertThat(ids, not(nullValue()));