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Photographers Are on Mission to Fix Wikipedia's Famously Bad Celebrity Portraits

by m463 on 3/11/25, 3:15 AM with 41 comments

  • by glitchc on 3/13/25, 1:57 PM

    Realistic (read candid/unplanned) photographs are best. I would hate to see Wiki portraits replaced with the front covers of Time and Vogue.
  • by lxgr on 3/13/25, 1:35 PM

    I've always wondered: Do celebrities and public figures (or at least their agents) not have any intrinsic motivation to maybe provide better photos themselves?
  • by stego-tech on 3/13/25, 2:06 PM

    I love that this is a project. Heck, I’d sign up myself for the Boston/New England beat if I had more confidence in my portraiture skills. Never really considered the only thing holding back better portraits on Wikipedia was the need for a photographer willing to sacrifice the revenue on one shot for a greater cause.
  • by ninetyninenine on 3/13/25, 2:45 PM

    Just use ai.
  • by 6stringmerc on 3/13/25, 2:27 PM

    Anybody else remember “celebrities” going legal against IMDB for listing their year of birth? Just remember this is a vanity project, not a drive to enhance documentation accuracy.
  • by throawayonthe on 3/13/25, 1:41 PM

  • by piokoch on 3/13/25, 2:33 PM

    Amazing that anyone is willing to make an effort and subscribe to some random media portal with 80% content generated by chat GPT and alikes, just to read an article about replacing photo of the man, whose girlfriend has the same age since 30 years, with a different photo of the same guy.