SXSW VIP - WikiPortraits: Improving Photos on Wikipedia

SXSW VIP? Come to the WikiPortaits Studio
Get your photo taken for Wikipedia and WikiCommons • 811 Congress, Austin • March 7-14, 2025
Do you have a Wikipedia page? Come get a high-quality photo taken for Wikipedia!

Don’t have a Wikipedia page yet? Come get a photo taken for WikiCommons!

RSVP for a Speaker Photo Slot
A project to get more Creative Commons-licensed portrait photos taken for Wikipedia and WikiCommons!

Led by Wikimedia Commons photographers with support from the Wikimedia Foundation.

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10 billion
That's the number of page views Wikipedia and its sister projects get per month. Getting a quality photo onto Wikipedia is an easy way to raise visibility.
100 million
The Wikimedia Commons is home to over 100 million freely licensed media files. WikiCommons media is used across Wikipedia, news sites, and more.
1 million
In the first month, our wiki portraits from the Sundance Film Festival in January 2024 received over 1 million views through their use on Wikipedia articles.
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A selection of our photos from the Sundance Film Festival in January 2024.

Photos by Frank Schulenburg and Jason Weinrich
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Questions? Comments? Contact us at hello@wikiportraits.org or using the form below (which goes to the same address).
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SXSW VIP? Come to the WikiPortaits Studio