Photographers & Team
Here are some of the amazing volunteer photographers and team members who have contributed to WikiPortraits
Frank Schulenburg
Frank “Fritz” Schulenburg is an award-winning photographer for Wikipedia. He has taken photos on five continents, has traveled to more than thirty countries and has lived in three. Since 2012, his focus has been on landscape, wildlife, architecture and travel photography, with his images reaching an audience of several million people each month.
Schulenburg’s work appeared in the Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, Forbes, Business Insider, The Weather Channel, Popular Mechanics, Gizmodo, and many others. Air France has been using one of Schulenburg’s photos on its in-flight entertainment systems for flights to San Francisco. In 2023, Schulenburg had his first solo museum exhibition. In 2024, he became the first Wikipedia photographer to get press credentials for the Sundance Film Festival.
View Frank's work here.
Jason Weinrich
Jason Weinrich is a videographer based in Northern California. He has a decade of media experience, having started his career as a musician, photographer, and public speaker. He now runs Watershed Media, a video-forward advertising agency helping organizations clearly communicate through video. Jason is a new contributor to Wikipedia and hopeful to see more talented photographers join in the effort of making knowledge freely accessible to others.
View Jason's work here.
Jennifer 8. Lee
Jennifer 8. Lee is an American journalist, author, and producer known for her work in print, television, and film. She gained prominence for her coverage of technology, culture, and society. Lee worked as a reporter and editor for The New York Times for over a decade, covering various beats including technology, culture, and Washington politics.
She is perhaps best known for her book "The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food," published in 2008. The book explores the history, culture, and impact of Chinese food in America. It delves into topics such as the origins of Chinese-American dishes, the spread of Chinese restaurants across the United States, and the cultural significance of fortune cookies.
In addition to her writing, Lee has produced and directed documentaries, including "The Search for General Tso" (2014), which investigates the origins of the popular Chinese dish General Tso's Chicken. She has also contributed to various media outlets and has been involved in digital media ventures.
Learn more about Jenny here.
Jay Dixit
Jay Dixit is a New York City-based portrait and event photographer. His photography work includes major festivals like Sundance, SXSW, and the Cannes Film Festival as well as local cultural happenings in New York City, Toronto, and Ottawa.
View Jay's work here.Frank Sun
Frank Sun is a New York City-based director / cinematographer who has spent the last 15 years working in the entertainment industry in commercial, film, and television. His television work spans multiple seasons on networks like CBS, TLC, and Discovery, including Emmy winning show survivor. He has shot feature films acquired by amazon and netflix. His music video work has been exhibited at SFMOMA, Zaha Hadid Gallery, and The Cooper Hewitt.
Clients include: Alibaba, alice and olivia, Biotherm, Cartier, Esquire, Google, Maxmara, Nike, Netflix, the Olympics, Peloton, Universal Music, the Venetian, Vogue.
View Frank's work here.
Andrew Lih
Andrew Lih is one of the world's experts on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement in both the academic space and multimedia production. He is the author of The Wikipedia Revolution: How a bunch of nobodies created the world’s greatest encyclopedia (2009) which was launched at the SXSW conference that year. He is an avid contributor of professional portrait photographs to Wikimedia Commons, accounting for more than 5 million monthly views. He has photographed high-impact events for Commons, such as the Pulitzer Prize awards, the National Book Festival, and the Hay Festival of Books. Some of his most widely used headshots on Wikipedia include Charlize Theron, Kendrick Lamar, Ronan Farrow, and Priyanka Chopra.
He works on open-access projects with Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons images, with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution as Wikimedian at Large. In 2022, he was named a Wikimedia Laureate for his lifetime work with Wikipedia, and in 2016, he was named the U.S. National Archives Citizen Archivist of the Year.
View Andrew's work here.
Kevin Payravi
Kevin Payravi is a software engineer, photographer, and active participant in the Wikimedia movement since 2007. Kevin has worked on several international Wikimedia initiatives including Wikipedia Asian Month and WikiConference North America, as well as organizing Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States—an annual photography competition that invites the public to upload photos of historic sites from across the country. Kevin also serves as a board member for Wikimedia District of Columbia, a non-profit organization that promotes Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects in the Washington D.C. area and beyond.
Learn more about Kevin here.
Jeff Liu
Jeff Liu is a New York City-based filmmaker and photographer. His films have been selected by prestigious festivals around the world, and his photography work includes events at Sundance and the New York Film Festival.
View Jeff's work here.
Veronica Bruno
Veronica Bruno has been an award-winning, published journalist and exhibited photographer for ten years. She currently freelances for The Boston Globe, The Norwich Bulletin (Gannett, USA Today) Newport This Week, RI Monthly and Jamestown Press. She also covers entertainment and sports for Fansided, Hidden Remote and Culturess as well as Tennis World Magazine.
As an entertainment reporter, Veronica has had the wonderful opportunity to interview talent
including Geena Davis, David Tenant, Pablo Schreiber, Neil Gaiman, Alan Tudyk, David Morrissey, Jon Hamm, Michael Sheen, Yetide Badaki, Bryan Cranston, Garrett Dillahunt, Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, Sonequa Martin-Green, just to name a few. Many of her interviews can be found on her YouTube channel.As a nationally exhibited photographer, she is represented by both Getty and Alamy, and her images have been in gallery shows throughout the nation. As a freelance photo journalist, she has also been published in People Magazine, Examiner, Gothamist, West Side Spirit, Chelsea Clinton News, Big Apple Parent, and Ambassador Magazine.
Veronica Bruno received her undergrad degree from Harvard University and is currently working on her Master's Degree in Psychology.
View Veronica's work here.
Ariela Ortiz
Ariela Ortiz is an Orlando based multi-media artist. Her work ranges from digital and traditional art to photography and graphic design. She loves movies and is a passionate Letterboxd fan.
View Ariela's work here. (and right here on our WikiPortraits logo!)
Sara Komatsu
Sara Komatsu is an assistant editor at Plympton, among other Jennifer 8. Lee-related ventures (including Wiki). She loves all things stories, particularly film/television, books, and ballet. She is currently based out of Orlando.