dear all
i have been working on selecting some images about GLAMwiki events-institutions-projects
(and I created a subcategory with a selection of some of the documentation uploaded from
Switzerland).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Selection_photos_GLAMWiki
i have the feeling images are often needed (for presentations, webpages, leaflets). please
help yourself and do not hesitate to add strongly communicative images (i didn't
include stand-up group photos because they are fan for us but maybe not so significant for
GLAMs).
below some comments and thanks to all the people who made these photos!
iolanda / iopensa
---> my comments and highlights:
(please not that i do not mention photos which are already extensively used on our GLAM
webpages)
Extraordinary "Soumaya Editathon 50 hours of art"! Of course I didn't see
everything, but please allow me to point out the astonishing (and extremely photogenic)
project "Soumaya Editathon 50 hours of art" on the artists and collections that
preserves the Soumaya Museum in Mexico. I have the feeling this experience has not been
absorbed by our community sufficiently: it is an incredible format and congratulations to
the organizers to making it happen (not an easy one) and creating a real visual story. the
WMF blog presents the experience[1], but i think the asset of this event is the visual
beauty of it we can all benefit from (it really expresses the link between content,
community and the concept of a museum opening up to Wikipedia and to all). Some examples:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Segundo_Editatón_Soumaya_Abierto_-_…
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Segundo_Editatón_Soumaya_Abierto_-_…
here the category if you want to see more
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Editatón_Soumaya_Abierto._50_ho…
very convincing this image with the word "wikipedia" on the panel by Christoph
Braun
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QRpedia_Stele,_MHG,_Hamburg,_Deutsc…
(bravo!)
very cool the image of Archeowiki project in Italy with many students engaged in the
project
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evento_finale_Archeowiki_05.JPG (i'm a
fan of Niccolò Caranti photos - also this one i think it is very strong
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europeana_Fashion_Editathon_2013_St…)
a good one to show the involvement of wikipedians in taking photos by Adokador
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedyści_przy_pracy_-_Przykuta_%…
this photo is not perfect but it works well to show the digitalization process (and a
herbarium is pretty unusual and fascinating)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbarium_making_of-IMG_6752.jpg
here one which shows how archives are really closed and separated from all of us unless
online
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schweizerische_Nationalbibliothek_-…
I have noticed that the photos of the institutions (the outdoor-building) are not always
great. I think a presentation of all the institutions contributing to the Wikimedia
projects (just one strong photo of the building from the outside) could be really
impressive: you show the outdoor to focus on how the Wikimedia projects allow you to step
inside the building (often extremely monumental buildings) and browse/use/disseminate the
inside, taking in a determinant way the inside out.
[2]
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/05/50-hours-of-art-the-museo-soumaya-edit…