Nevin Thompson edits the WikiPortraits newsletter.
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In this newsletter: Glorious images from Eurovision 2026 in Vienna! Strikes and protests at the Venice Biennale! Winners of the Cannes Film Festival! Plus a Q&A with Italian volunteer Astra Marina Cabra.
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WikiPortraits launches its Photo Service at photos.wikiportraits.org. Highlights include SXSW/WikiHaus Austin, Sanremo Festival coverage, a volunteer profile, SheBelieves Cup soccer photos, and figure skating from the World Championships in Prague.
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"In 2024, I photographed 231 concerts featuring 61 different artists and bands, many of them festival gigs."
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From the 2026 Winter Olympics to Sundance red carpets, WikiPortraits volunteers have been busy! We photographed scientists, filmmakers, and Olympians for Wikimedia Commons. Plus: a new EXIF editing tool and a chat with Wikimedia Ghana's Justice Okai-Allotey.
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"I got started in photography in 2015 when I was part of an apprentice program in Accra."
Welcome to the WikiPortraits newsletter's look back on January 2026. Led by a global community of volunteer Wikimedia photographers, WikiPortraits is aimed at increasing the quality and diversity of Creative Commons-licensed portrait photos on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. While January has only just ended, it's already
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Sol Procter-Tarabanov is a music photographer from London, and leads WikiPortraits's music coverage efforts.
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Our primary method of support for African photographers is getting them photography equipment (new and used).
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Updates, new opportunities, and ways to get involved and support WikiPortraits.