WikiPortraits volunteer spotlight: Astra Marina Cabras Astra Marina Cabras (User:Odine Goat) is a full-time photographer who splits her time between Rome and Paris — “my two favorite places in the world,” as she puts it. Born and raised in Rome's Cinecittà district, she came to WikiPortraits after
Vera de Kok overhauled CropTool with mobile support, translations, and finer image editing controls.
In this newsletter: Glorious images from Eurovision 2026 in Vienna! Strikes and protests at the Venice Biennale! Winners of the Cannes Film Festival!
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.
"In 2024, I photographed 231 concerts featuring 61 different artists and bands, many of them festival gigs."
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.
"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
Sol Procter-Tarabanov is a music photographer from London, and leads WikiPortraits's music coverage efforts.
How one WikiPortraits volunteer photographer set up her own media pass for the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in January.
Your support will help WikiPortraits send more volunteers across Africa to photograph notable people at festivals and events and also use those sessions to improve their biographies on Wikipedia. This will ultimately help improve diversity on the platform.
Our primary method of support for African photographers is getting them photography equipment (new and used).
