Spotlight on Wikimedia Commons
Latest news and milestones
- Get more updates from the Commons community by following our volunteer-run Twitter account.
- Announcing the official Commons app for iOS and Android
Maryana Pinchuk, April 29, 2013
- Winner of the 2012 Picture of the Year contest
Tilman Bayer, February 22, 2013
- Engaging the local community in a school project on Commons
Mina Theofilatou, February 21, 2013
About our content
See the story behind three of our featured pictures of the day on Wikimedia Commons in the blog posts below:
- Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day: Roman Aqueduct of Segovia, Spain
Jawad Qadir, January 22, 2013
- Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day: Cab Calloway Gottlieb
Jawad Qadir, December 25, 2012
- Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day: Andromeda Galaxy
Zoe Bernard, December 15, 2012
Meet our contributors
Luca Galuzzi
Luca Galuzzi is a software engineer from the Milano area in Italy. Luca's favorite locations to photograph are deserts and very high plateaus. "I'm 'on top of the world' when waiting, in silence and solitude, for the right light on wide open lands, short of breath because of a rarefied atmosphere but under the deep blue sky at an altitude above 4000m," writes Galuzzi.
When studying countries like Tibet, Bolivia and Lybia on Wikipedia, Galuzzi noticed a lack of landscape images on related pages. Luca has been contributing to Commons with photographs since December 2006.
Malene Thyssen
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Malene Thyssen is currently studying to become a schoolteachers and has been contributing to the Danish Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects since December 2002. Malene considers herself an amateur photographer and enjoys taking photos of wildlife that might be useful on Wikipedia. Thyssen describes some of her best shots as 'lucky' snapshots.
Malene enjoys post-processing and editing in the "digital darkroom" as well. "As a contributor to the Danish Wikipedia, it is natural to submit my pictures on Commons hoping my pictures are of use in other projects," writes Thyssen and describes this desire as motivation to travel.
