Victorgrigas

Power to the People

Above is an example of a video I made for the Wikimedia Foundation

This is me -- as shot by Matthew Roth on the left and myself on the right

Hi! My name is Victor Grigas. I'm a video producer, photographer and former employee of the Wikimedia Foundation. I have been a contributor to Wikipedia since 2005. I have a formal education in film, audio and video and am interested in all things open source and public domain. The best way to reach me is by email at victorgrigas (at) gmail (dot) com

My Creative Commons-licensed photos have been seen in Vice, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, Macworld, The New Republic, Science, Fast Company, Psychology Today, CBS, the New York Review of Books, Atlas Obscura, WTTW / Chicago Tonight, PBS NewsHour, Piauí, Wikimedia and many others.

This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than ten years.

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*All of these images I have released under a Creative Commons license or into the public domain, so please feel free to use appropriately.

Images of Victor Albert Grigas (my dad)

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Hatteras 1949 Looking over his first construction While gut-renovating an apartment building in 1971 Shoveling dirt for the foundation of his first house at a shooting range in Illinois Some of my favorite photos taken by Victor Albert Grigas

Chicago

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Chicago Theatre The Wieners Circle offering Trump Footlongs Trump Tower as seen from the Chicago El The Wieners Circle The Wieners Circle interior sign This is an 1880's photo of 653 W Wrightwood (now 655 W Wrightwood) in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Note the wooden sidewalk, dirt road and lack of buildings surrounding the edifice. Tribune Tower A Diner on Belmont Ave In Chicago Chicago Deep Dish Pizza Demolition of Cabrini Green Loews Theater at Pipers Alley Home of a 19th century network engineer The Midwest Buddhist Temple [1], with St. Michaels visible in the upper right A Fachwerk-style building, the site of a former Butchery St. Michaels Church The exterior of the Up Down Tobacco Shop A window display at the Up Down Tobacco Shop You Are Beautiful You Are Beautiful IBM Plaza Grammophone Records Central Camera, a 19th century camera store Lincoln Park A banner from Looptopia A Policeman blocking entrance to Millenium Park at Looptopia an ad for Looptopia on the Chicago El an ad for Looptopia on the Chicago El Victor's Neighborhood: Old Town, Chicago The intersection of North Ave. and Wells in 2006 Genocide in Chicago [2] A building in Old Town built in the 1920s A Corporate marker in Millennium Park The prices A sign of the establishment The grill The final days of Cabrini Green Bell Tower St. Clement Chicago Fasces on Chicago City Hall Chicago at Dusk in December Fort Dearborn Fort Dearborn Demolition of Cabrini Green The Biograph Theater redressed for the film Public Enemies. The alley where John Dillinger was killed, redressed for the film Public Enemies. Reebie Storage Warehouse The sign outside The Old Town Aquarium A Plaque about Carl Street Studios on the Building itself]] A Statue of William Shakespeare in Lincoln Park Lincoln Avenue (Chicago) the very first Potbelly Restaurant the Cumberland Blue Line Stop Kids off the Block Sharkula Sharkula File:Sharkula Sticker.JPG SHARKULA An example of a flyer created by Sharkula An example of a flyer created by Sharkula Sharkula Bloomingdale Trail Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015 Chicago Transit Authority Berwyn CTA Stop The train tracks at the Howard El station, the end of the Red Line 1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity Postcards of Chicago Contented And At Home In Chicago (front) Mouth of the Chicago River Clark Street Opposite Court House in 1860 South Water Street Comiskey! A Postcard factory! Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Ill. (front) Board of trade BOARD OF TRADE, CHICAGO, ILL (front) The Hull House, Chicago (front) The Lexington Hotel Chicago (Front) Cannon_Captured_at_Santiago_Cuba,_Lincoln_Park_(FRONT) Chicago_Ill._Bascule_Bridge,_Taylor_St._(FRONT) Children_in_the_Ghetto_and_the_Ice-Cream_Man._Chicago_Ill._(FRONT) Lake_Shore_Drive,_Chicago_(FRONT) Marshall_Field_Garden_Apartments_(FRONT) Haymarket Square circa 1905 (front) Chicago in 1933 (front) Art Institute, Chicago circa 1907 postcard (front) Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago circa 1907 postcard (front) Chicago City Hall postage stamped November 9, 1914 postcard (front) Floorers removing the hides USY Chicago (front) New Conservatory, Garfield Park, Chicago (front) State Street Chicago circa 1910? (front) Farnsworth House The house Interior in 2013 interior in 2013 Fireplace I-beam detail - note the flattened rivets Underside of house. Note the tube in the center of the house designed as a single point of entry for all the buildings utilities. House as situated among trees Patio Rear of house (kitchen visible)

Acton, Massachusetts

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Isaac Davis birth house (front) circa 2015 Isaac Davis birth house (front) circa 1905 Isaac Davis birth house (back) Acton Wetlands October 12 October 5 September 24 August 22 August 14 September 2015 October 2015

France

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Celebrating a World Cup Victory in Beaune, France Epernay Moët & Chandon Taittinger Paris Basketball in Paris Wedding photography L'Hôtel national des Invalides Louvre Louvre File:The Louvre (close).jpg Eiffel Tower Notre Dame Reims Porte Mars Arch Aix-en-Provence Beaune Lyon Traboule Traboule Traboule Institut Lumière Palace of Versailles Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial Pont du Gard Doors of Lyon unsorted Sculpture on Champs Elysee Toyota racecar The river by the Eiffel Tower Sculpture in Paris Snake biting nipple painting at the Louvre Tapestries in Beaune Church The Eiffel Tower and plaza The Mona Lisa behind glass Roman floor outside Lyon Sign Graffito in Lyon, France St. George slaying the dragon in Beaune Stairs in Lyon, France Vineyards in Rural France

South Africa

Russia

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St.Petersburg Moscow

Brazil

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Sao Paulo File:Impotencia on Cigarettes São Paulo March 2012-11.jpg Curitiba Rio de Janeiro University Students going through hazing, asking for money in the street Bobo

India

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Child Labor Prohibited Gateway of India a Cow in Bangalore

Ireland

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England

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Audio, Video and Film

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a Blimp with a dead cat and a mic with a dead kitten Zoom H4n Recording Ecoacoustics using a Zoom h4 and a Zoom h4n, a rode windscreen and Sony mdr-v6's Victor Grigas on a film set

Games

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Bocce

Occupy San Francisco

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Bicycle Power charging batteries for laptops and other electronics at Occupy San Francisco A Protester with a sign at Occupy San Francisco

Burning Man 2011

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An Art Car Ash in a ghostly Environment A Burning man version of the sign at Checkpoint Charlie

Israel and Palestine

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An-Najah University An-Najah University media room An-Najah University sound proofing Nablus "Resistance" Graffito in Nablus Jerusalem Plastic Bottles and LED Lights repurposed as a chandelier during Ramadan in Muslim Quarter, Jerusalem Smoking Hookah in the Muslim Quarter Jerusalem during Ramadan Baklava Jerusalem Bracelets Jerusalem Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem Wailing Wall in Jerusalem Israeli Flag and vests by the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem T-Shirts for sale in Jerusalem Hebron Hostel Meat Burger Dome of the Rock Foods for sale in Jerusalem The moon Menorahs for sale in Jerusalem Church of the Holy Sepulchre Crusader Graffiti in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem 'Perception of Christ Ascending to Heaven' Dome of the Rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem Dome of the Rock

San Francisco

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a boy and his bicycle High Bridge Arms San Francisco as seen from Bernal Heights A flower in Bernal Heights Some flowers in Bernal Heights Crescent_Shadows_from_tree_on_wall_May_20_2012_Partial_Solar_Eclipse Crescent_Shadows_from_tree_on_wall_May_20_2012_Partial_Solar_Eclipse San Francisco Pride 2012

South Bay Area, California

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Dan Savage speaking at Google about the it gets better project

Seattle

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The Space Needle in Seattle Seattle and Mount Ranier Seattle and Mount Ranier

Quintana Roo, Mexico

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Kohunlich

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Lubbock, Texas

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Killing Two Birds With One Stone Restored Texan Pioneer House A Windmill at the National Ranching Heritage Center An antique functioning windmill and a cart for transporting water Cool Texture a Cactus Asphalt, Cotton and Power A Civilized Response to the 2nd Amendment in Lubbock, Texas

Berlin, Germany

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Treptower Park In Berlin A Sidewalk Cafe Demonstrating Some History Next to Train Tracks in Berlin A view into the pedestal in Treptower Park The Weltzeituhr at Alexanderplatz The Döner stand outside of modern-day Gneisenaustraße A Surprising and Offensive Name for English Speakers Berlin Wall The Berlin wall has become a Mecca for graffiti writers. Featured here is an image of Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker making out. The words at the top read "God! help me stay alive"; and continue at the bottom "Among this deadly love." This image was used in this magazine article Stencil Graffiti of Rosa Luxemburg on a portion of the Berlin Wall on display in Potsdamer Platzin Berlin. This image was uses in this magazine article. An Orwellian Reference. Here is a possible source of the Stencil and on flickr A Sign at Checkpoint Charlie A memorial to the those who died trying to cross the Berlin Wall A portion of the Berlin Wall in Chicago, in Lincoln Square, a historically German neighborhood. A closeup on the marker of the wall. A portion of the Berlin wall in Mountain View, California

Boston

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panorama of Boston Common Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees game June 2012 (if you know these players, please help me to label them!) Batter is Andruw Jones, the catcher is Kelly Shoppach, and the umpire is Ed Hickox (umpire) Freddy Garcia. Adrian Gonzalez batting, with Chris Stewart (baseball) catching. Darnell McDonald hitting a ball, with Kelly Shoppach catching. Kelly Shoppach batting, Chris Stewart (baseball) catching. Ed Hickox (umpire) is the umpire.

Street Art & Graffiti

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Foster Beach carving in stone Reverse graffiti on a car Berlin Graffiti a rendition of Venus on a sidewalk in NYC A take on traffic signals A Pac-Man Sticker utilizing the T-mobile/Deutsche Telekom Logo in Curitiba, Brazil. subvertising in San Francisco Jailbirds in Toronto Woodblock Graffiti an example of Woodblock Graffiti an example of Woodblock Graffiti An image of woodblock graffiti that had been painted over by the chicago Graffiti Blasters and then covered with sticker art. an example of Woodblock Graffiti More woodblock graffiti enter! more woodblock graffiti By SARO Woodblock Graffiti depicting a Squirrel Graffiti Blasters Support Daley Graffiti Blasters Chicago Graffiti Mayor Daley's real goal What the Graffiti Blasters are all about a stencil condemning Mayor Daley a few taggers made some stickers with the words 'Buff This' featuring our friend, Mayor Daley. Election Propaganda

Art

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Food

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A cake peace cake

Anarchy

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Emma Goldmans grave in German Waldheim Cemetery Haymarket Haymarket A cyclist at the Chicago Critical Mass is arrested for public drinking.

Plants and Animals

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sputnik the cat The MSR Group's Style of Recording Real Free range Chickens in Poland a female yellow shafted flicker photographed with a wide angle cellphone lens in downtown Chicago, the bird hit a window and had become disoriented. Eventually the bird was nursed to health and released in back to the wild. Woodpecker in Acton, Massachusetts

January 31–February 2, 2011 North American winter storm

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Cars stuck on Lake Shore Drive Cars stuck and abandoned on Lake Shore Drive Abandoned CTA bus on Lake Shore Drive Cars abandoned on Lake shore Drive Cars abandoned on Lake SHore Drive People Shoveling on Belden Ave. in Chicago The Intersection of Clark and Fullerton in Chicago North Pond in Chicago Fullerton Harbor in Chicago. Cars snowed in on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago Abandoned CTA bus on Lake Shore Drive abandoned bus on lake shore drive CTA farebox on abandoned bus covered in snow inside an abandoned CTA bus during the storm. Note the snow. ROTATE PLEASE the Apple Store closed during the storm Skiing on Belden Ave. in Chicago. The Seal of the City of Chicago on a stranded salt truck on Lakeshore drive during the storm. A salt/plow truck abandoned and stuck on Lake Shore Drive during the storm An ATM during the storm Lincoln Park New Balance Store Closed Cars covered in snow on Lake Shore Drive the Reebie Storage Warehouse during the storm the 36 broadway bus at clark and fullerton during the storm

Building a Solar Panel

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Earthships

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Earthship literature for sale Tire and bottle walls of earthships An earthship bathroom An exterior of a modern earthship An interior of a bottle wall bathroom an interoro botanical cell, for greywater treatment an unfinished earthship an unfinished earthship an unfinished earthship A greywater treatment botanical cell featuring Jade and banana plants an operable skylight Tire walls Scupper / Silt Catch Indoor Cistern Water Organizing Module pressure tank Power Organizing Module Battery Room Can and bottle wall Oiled Mud wall Greywater pump

Concord, Massachusetts

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Walden_Pond_at_Dusk_December_24,_2012 Walden_Pond_at_Dusk_December_24,_2012 Walden_Pond_at_Dusk_December_24,_2012 powder horn and gun in the Concord Museum

New York City

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2nd Amendment in NYC Ground Zero

United States Flag

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Miscellaneous Images

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Traveler - Horse of General Robert E. Lee I shot this outside the berghoff restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, it took 10 minutes for one person to be isolated for the shot. i felt like a sniper. Croquet the author one evening became infatuated with pronouncing the word 'patty' (making sure to pronounce the 't' sound) and said it to the man in the picture, who happened to be British, and he thought it was funny. Ancient Anthropomorphism a Modemhead Lincoln Park Beaver Lodge in the Ice an honorary street sign in Chicago for house music and Frankie Knuckles. a burned telephone pole A 'Concrete smiley face', this is actually 2 holes in the ground for holding 2 chain link fence doors at a Lowes Construction supply store in San Francisco.

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Actually free music

• Lukas - Berlin
• Lukas - Deep
• Lukas - Lucas IMPALA
• Lukas - Gostreyshen Chord
• Jaradodo - Nervous
• Amœba - someday i will be like noraus
• Casey - Fly High
• Tim Derry - COLD LOVE
• MCT - Benevolence
• Cihangir - Turn to Dust feat. Miss Bee (Manic Depresion Mix)
• YUTY - Language
• André Michelle - Construct Infinity.ogg
• Offbeatninja - The Hunt Is On ( Hunter X Hunter Bump )
• Cripta - Beer
• Marck Smove - Floor Attak
• Yafee? - GRIK2 )!
• Versus - Introspection

Although I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, contributions under this account are exclusively in my individual, personal capacity.

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This user hopes that in light of massive media coverage of the blackout that SOPA and PIPA will not become a law.

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	For your wonderful photojournalism during the great blackout, I award you this star. Guerillero | My Talk 07:00, 19 January 2012 (UTC)