documentclass{article}
usepackage{colortbl}
usepackage{graphicx}
begin{document}

begin{center}
noindentcolorbox{blue}{parbox[t][0.5cm][c]{textwidth}{bfseries{HEADER}}}
end{center}

noindentbegin{minipage}{textwidth}

%A
noindentbegin{minipage}[b]{.4textwidth}
includegraphics[width=2in]{elephant}
Some text.
end{minipage}
hfill
begin{minipage}[b]{.4textwidth}
includegraphics[width=2in]{elephant}
Some more text.
end{minipage}

end{minipage}

vspace{5ex}

%B
noindentbegin{minipage}{textwidth}

noindentbegin{minipage}[b]{.45textwidth}
includegraphics[width=2in]{elephant}
Some text.
end{minipage}
hfill
begin{minipage}[b]{.45textwidth}
includegraphics[width=2in]{elephant}
Some more text.
end{minipage}

end{minipage}

end{document}

documentclass[draft]{article}
usepackage{colortbl}
usepackage{graphicx}

newcommandMybox[1]{%
  setlengthfboxsep{0pt}fcolorbox{red}{white}{#1}
}

begin{document}

begin{center}
noindentcolorbox{blue}{parbox[t][0.5cm][c]{textwidth}{bfseries{HEADER}}}
end{center}

noindentbegin{minipage}{textwidth}

%A
noindentMybox{begin{minipage}[b]{.4textwidth}
includegraphics[width=2in]{elephant}
Some text.
end{minipage}}
hfill
Mybox{begin{minipage}[b]{.4textwidth}
includegraphics[width=2in]{elephant}
Some more text.
end{minipage}}

end{minipage}

vspace{5ex}

%B
noindentbegin{minipage}{textwidth}

noindentMybox{begin{minipage}[b]{.45textwidth}
includegraphics[width=2in]{elephant}
Some text.
end{minipage}}
hfill
Mybox{begin{minipage}[b]{.45textwidth}
includegraphics[width=2in]{elephant}
Some more text.
end{minipage}}

end{minipage}

end{document}

documentclass{article}
usepackage{colortbl}
usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
usepackage{lipsum}

begin{document}

begin{center}
colorbox{blue}{parbox[t][0.5cm][c]{dimexprtextwidth-2fboxseprelax}{bfseries{HEADER}}}
end{center}

lipsum[2]

noindentbegin{minipage}[b]{.4textwidth}
includegraphics[width=linewidth]{elephant}
Some text.
end{minipage}%
hfill
begin{minipage}[b]{.4linewidth}
includegraphics[width=textwidth]{elephant}
Some more text.
end{minipage}

end{document}

usepackage{graphicx}
usepackage{subfigure}
begin{document}

begin{figure}[ht]
centering
subfigure[Subfigure 1 title]{
    rule{2.8cm}{2cm}
    label{fig:subfig1}
}
subfigure[Subfigure 2 title]{
    rule{2.8cm}{2cm}
label{fig:subfig2}
}
subfigure[Subfigure 3 title]{
    rule{2.8cm}{2cm}
    label{fig:subfig3}
}
subfigure[Subfigure 4 title]{
    rule{2.8cm}{2cm}
    label{fig:subfig4}
}
caption[Optional caption for list of figures]{General Caption of subfigures 1-4}
label{fig:subfigureExample1}
end{figure}

Reference to figure1:
    ref{fig:subfigureExample1}
and
    ref{fig:subfig4}.

end{document}

And the referencing:

usepackage{graphicx}
usepackage{subfigure}
begin{document}
begin{figure}[ht]
centering
subfigure[Subfigure 5 title]{
    includegraphics[width=0.4columnwidth, keepaspectratio]{subfig5.jpg}
    label{fig:subfig5}
}
subfigure[Subfigure 6 title]{
    includegraphics[width=0.4columnwidth, keepaspectratio]{subfig6.jpg}
    label{fig:subfig6}
}
subfigure[Subfigure 7 title]{
    includegraphics[width=0.4columnwidth, keepaspectratio]{subfig7.jpg}
    label{fig:subfig7}
}
subfigure[Subfigure 8 title]{
    includegraphics[width=0.4columnwidth, keepaspectratio]{subfig8.jpg}
    label{fig:subfig8}
}
caption[Optional caption for list of figures 5-8]{General Caption of subfigures 5-8}
label{fig:subfigureExample2}
end{figure}

Reference to figure:
    ref{fig:subfigureExample2}
and
    ref{fig:subfig6}.

end{document}

And the referencing: