Commons:WikiPortraits
WikiPortraits is a project to capture high-quality portrait photographs for Wikimedia Commons, through in-person outreach and event coverage.
It formally started in 2024 from efforts by WikiConference North America users in the United States Wikimedia community, and has covered events such as Sundance Film Festival and South by Southwest (SXSW).
Latest project - We attended the SXSW 2024 conference in Austin, Texas, March 8–16, 2024 and had a WikiPortraits Studio, a dedicated house for taking portraits and learning about Wikipedia. See our website. We also attended the 2024 International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy where we shot notable journalists from around the world.
Note - This project should not be confused with the Wikiportrait project with the website Wikiportret.nl started in 2008 by users active on NL-Wikipedia and supported by Wikimedia Nederland. The uploads for that project are included in Category:Wikiportrait uploads.
Projects[edit]
- 2024 Sundance Film Festival – Commons images
- South by Southwest 2024 – Report, Commons images
- International Journalism Festival (Perugia, Italy) - Commons images
- Gaithersburg Book Festival, Maryland - Commons images
Contacts[edit]
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Kevin Payravi - User:SuperHamster -
Andrew Lih - User:Fuzheado -
Frank Schulenburg - User:Frank Schulenburg -
Jenny 8 Lee - User:Jenny8lee
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Gallery[edit]
South by Southwest 2024[edit]
- South by Southwest 2024
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Lisa Su, CEO of AMD -
Kausar Mohammed, American actress, comedian, and writer -
Caila Quinn, lifestyle and travel blogger -
Dr. Jen Guyton, National Geographic photographer and evolutionary biologist -
Rohit Bhargava, author and futurist -
Errin Haines, American journalist -
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex -
Sterlin Harjo, filmmaker -
Sue Bird, basketball player -
Ron Livingston, actor, Office Space -
Hina X. Khan, actress -
Theresa Nguyen and dog -
Cast of the film Switch Up -
Delaney Rowe, comedian and actress -
WikiPortraits Studio info banners
2024 Sundance Film Festival[edit]
- 2024 Sundance Film Festival
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Erin HM Granat, filmmaker -
Dalila Ali Rajah, actress -
Goh Nakamura, actor and musician -
Chris Holmes, DJ, artist and producer -
Dongnan Chen, documentary filmmaker -
Loren Hammonds, Peabody Award-winning film producer -
Louis Greatorex, actor -
Kim Yutani, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming
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- Mood board from pre-cursor portrait projects
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Liza Donnelly, cartoonist for The New Yorker at the Louvre Abu Dhabi -
Street artist Shepard Fairey in Los Angeles -
Christian Louboutin, shoe and fashion designer in Mumbai, at the NMACC Opening Gala -
Giovanna Battaglia Engelbert, Ωreative director, Swarovski at the NMACC -
Erin Danielle Russell, author, Gaithersburg Book Festival -
Ronan Farrow, author and journalist, Pulitzer Prizes awards, 2018 -
Martyna Majok, 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner in Drama -
Momi Cazimero, Hawaiian graphic designer and entrepreneur, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii -
Maya Rogers, chief executive officer, Tetris, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Working setups[edit]
- Working setup: SXSW
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Setup at SXSW 2024 -
Lou Sanz, screenwriter at SXSW 2024
- Working setup: Sundance Film Festival
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Setup at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah. Continuous lighting, Canon R3 and R mirrorless cameras. Lens used: Canon RF 24-70L f/2.8. -
Filmmaker Rahi Hasan
- Working setup: Pulitzer Prizes
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Setup used by Andrew Lih in 2018 for the Pulitzer Prizes portraits, using a Canon DSLR tethered to Lightroom on a laptop. Primary flash with a softbox was fired into a reflector, with an edge/hair light flash with a Flashbender diffuser. Strobes were remotely triggered via a Godox X 2.4 Ghz system. Lens used: Canon EF 70-200L f/4. -
Actress Mia Farrow, captured at the Pulitzer Prizes in 2018
Discuss[edit]
We're a community of practice! Ask anything or join the discussion to talk about event photography, future events, or new ideas!
See also[edit]
- meta:Wiki Covers Events
- Commons Photographers User Group
- meta:Wikiportrait - this project should not be confused with the Wikimedia Netherlands project hosted at www.wikiportret.nl started in 2008