User:Skimel/Contributions
Here are some of my contributions on Commons.
Maps and images
[edit](Most of the descriptions are still in French, work in progress)
Maps
[edit]I created or improved several maps about Oceania and more specifically Wallis and Futuna, Niuafo'ou or Polynesia. All these maps are in svg format.
Creations
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Niuafo'ou island map made from Open Street Map (in French).
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Wallis island - Hihifo district.
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Wallis island - Hahake district.
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Wallis island - Mu'a district.
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Wallis island - map of the toafa (bush) made with data from Geoportail.
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Kulo Lasi (submarine volcano) locator map (in French).
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Ancient Polynesia according to Kirch and Green 2001 (in French).
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Map of Polynesian outliers (in French)
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Linguistic map of Polynesian languages in the 20th century.
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Map of Cézembre island (Bretagne, France), made from Open Street Map.
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Map of Acque Fredde (Val d'Aosta) in French.
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Map of Acque Fredde (Val d'Aosta) in Italian.
Improvements, translations, derived maps
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Colonies and influence zones in East Asia and part of Oceania in 1914 (vectorization of a German map).
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Same in French.
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Same in German.
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Federated states of Micronesia administrative divisions (in French) - translated from German.
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Federated States of Micronesia administrative divisions, with island names.
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WWII in Oceania - Japanese advance in the Pacific (in French, improving existing map in other languages that had inaccuracies).
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Travel map from Paris by road in 2008 (I added a new color scheme).
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Simplified blank map of the world without Antartica, made from a previous black map.
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Translation of a map of the Rhine region in Western Europe.
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Map of the prefectures in France with new region borders after the 2016 reform.
Archive images
[edit]I have uploaded many archive maps, images (engravings) and photographs, mainly from Oceania (Niuafo'ou, Wallis and Futuna...)
Niuas
[edit]- Niuafo'ou island in 1967. Photos by Garth Rogers.
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A woman weaving.
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A store.
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A Niuafo'ou family.
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Dansers from Kolofo'ou
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Officials in Kolofo'ou village watching a dance.
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Lord Fusitu'a.
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Drying copra
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Copra workers in front of a truck.
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Malau (Megapodus Pritchardi) eggs.
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People in front of a fale (traditional house) for a wedding.
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Hanga ki 'Uvea stone.
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On the beach at Futu.
- Niuatoputapu island in 1969. Photos by Garth Rogers.
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Niuatoputapu women from Hihifo fishing (poison fishing technique called 'aukava).
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Niuatoputapu women learning a dance.
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Men from Niuatoputapu, 1969.
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Niuatoputapu from the summit of Tafahi island.
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children playing in the Niutouta spring.
Old maps and engravings
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Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire journey in 1616 : this is the first map showing Futuna, Alofi, Niuafo'ou, Tafahi and Niuatoputapu. Made by Willem Schouten in 1619.
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One of the first maps showing Niuafoʻou, Niatoputapu and Futuna (1646, Dell'Arcano del mare by Robert Dudley).
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Islands discovered by Jacob le Maire (1646 map).
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German map of Oceania (1795)
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Australian military map of Oceania (1914)
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Map of Niuafoʻou before the 1943 eruption.
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Schouten and Le Maire arrive in Tafahi (Cocos Eylant) and Niuatoputapu (Verraders Eylant, "traitors' island") in 1616
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Engraving by Willem Schouten showing the Dutch fighting back natives of Futuna in 1616.
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"Indiens de l'île de Hoorn" : engraving of Futunan people by Schouten and Le Maire (1616).
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First map of 'Uvea (1767) by Samuel Wallis.
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Drawing of Wallis island (Uvea) by Samuel Wallis in 1767.
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Same picture used by Captain Cook in 1773.
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Map of Wallis island by John Moresby (1876) - still very inaccurate, altough islets are present.
Images from Flickr
[edit]I love the flickr2commons tool, I use it regularly to upload pictures. In August 2022, I convinced two photographers to release their 250+ photographs of Wallis an Futuna under a CC-By-SA licence.
See for instance Fête du territoire de Wallis et Futuna 2017 or 2017 in Wallis and Futuna.
- Some images of Futuna in 2017
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A calvary in Futuna.
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Roasted pigs in Futuna.
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Young people in Futuna.
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Children taking a bus to school in Futuna.
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A fisher in Taoa, Futuna.
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Northern coast of Futuna.
- Wallis and Futuna - Fête du territoire 2017 in Wallis.
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Dancers in Wallis.
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Men dancing in Wallis.
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Dignitaries at the royal palace
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Women dancing
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Mata Utu - Sagato Soane place
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One of the many costumes
Nasa satellite pictures
[edit]- Wallis island.
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Wallis island.
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HIhifo, Hahake and northern islets.
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center of Wallis island (Hahake district)
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South of Wallis (Mu'a district), with lagoon and islets.
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Satellite shadow crossing through Wallis island.
- Some islands of Tonga.
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Uonukuhihifo, Uonukuhahake andTofanga (Ha'apai).
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Ha'apai reef.
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Nuku island.
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Tonumeia island.
Utilisateur:Skimel/illustration des îles du Pacifique is where I intended to track every island in Polynesia (and later the Pacific) to see whether they had a satellite or aerial picture.
Effect pedals and music
[edit]Videos and soundfiles of audio effects and guitar pedals
[edit]Passionné de guitare, j'ai ajouté sur Commons plusieurs extraits audios que j'ai enregistrés, et des vidéos de pédales d'effet trouvées sur Youtube (Creative Commons) :
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Delay numérique (simulation d'écho à bande)
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Vibrato (Malekko Omicron Vibrato)
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Trémolo (Fuse Electronics Tremolo MK-III)
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Effect octaver sur une basse (Markbass Octaver Pedal)
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Une réverb très "ambient" avec du shimmer, de la modulation... miam !
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Un clip publicitaire de La Boite Noire du Musicien pour la Crybaby mini de Dunlop.
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Phaser Maxon PT999 Phase Tone
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Univibe (Sweet Sound Mojovibe)
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Une pédale aussi rare qu'étrange : la Morley Rotating Wah ou "oil can".
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Overdrive à la basse (Darkglass)
J'ai aussi enregistré le son de plusieurs effets (tremolo, phaser, delay, etc) à la guitare et sur un sample de batterie
Instruments de musique
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La Sonate au clair de Lune au piano...avec un delay granulaire (Red Panda Particle Delay) et une reverb (Strymon Big Sky), très expérimental et très beau
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Pedal steel
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Démonstration (publicitaire) des sonorités du Korg Grandstage
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Du slap sur une basse 6 cordes
Photos of effect pedals
[edit]I have uploaded photos of effects pedals for guitar and bass, another topic I love (either from Flickr or my own pictures).
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Wampler pinnacle distortion turned on
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Wampler Talent Booster
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Dwarcraft devices Shiva Fuzz
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Eventide Timefactor digital delay pedal on a pedalboard.
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Blackout Effectors Musket fuzz
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Parallel Universe Self-Oscillating Fuzz
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Gnomeratron VTF
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Gnomeratron VTF 2
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Mellowtone Melx Fuzz 2
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Gibson Maestro Fuzz tone pedal
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Mad Professor Snow white AutoWah
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Cry Baby Wah pedal
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MXR Univibe
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TC Spark Booster
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Voodoo Lab Microvibe
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Digitech Whammy V
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Tech 21 Sans Amp Bass Driver DI
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Line 6 DL4 Delay
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Eden Bass chorus
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Ibanez Tube screamer mini
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Ibanez TS 808
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Maxon Overdrive pro
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Boss RC50 Loop station
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Strymon Big Sky
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Earth Quaker Devices Organizer (polyphonic octave shifter)
Valued images
[edit]I have contributed to 50+ images being voted as Valued Images (VI).
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Scope : Electro-Harmonix effect pedals.
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Scope : Aerial photographs of Wallis lagoon seen from the North.
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Scope:ʻaukavapoison fishing in Tonga.
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Scope: Quadrilingual sign with Creole language from Martinique (photo taken by me).
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Scope: Northern coast of Cézembre island, France (photo taken by me).
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Scope: Chamechaude seen from the Emeindras in the summer (photo taken by me).
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Scope: Satellite picture of the Chatham Islands.
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Scope: Map of Niuafo'ou before 1943 eruption.
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Scope: Wampler Tumnus Deluxe overdrive pedal.
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Scope: Steve Vai playing his triple-neck guitar.
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Scope: Inside of a Keeley Compressor pedal.
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Scope: Chamechaude seen from the Emeindras in spring
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Scope: 1988-1994 French identity card - recto.
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Scope: 1988-1994 French identity card - back.
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Scope: PV Nova.
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Scope: Pat Metheny playing his Pikasso harp guitar.
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Scope: Cross sea. (Photograph used a lot on the internet)
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Scope: Napole Polutele portrait.
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Scope: Island of Tonumeia, Tonga - aerial view.
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Scope: Nukuteatea islet - aerial view.
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Scope: Fakaofo atoll, Tokelau - satellite view.
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Scope: Island of Niue - satellite view.
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Scope:Atafu atoll, Tokelau - satellite view.
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Scope: Rose Atoll, American Samoa - satellite view.
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Scope: Hanging of Pierre de La Brosse- British Library.
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Scope: Phylesha Brown-Acton.
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Scope: Moorea island, French Polynesia - satellite view.
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Scope: Corsica, France - satellite view.
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Scope: Switzerland - satellite view
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Scope: Mayotte island, France - satellite view.
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Scope: Réunion island, France - satellite view.
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Scope: Val d'Anniviers, Switzeland - aerial view.
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Scope: Diego Garcia island, British Indian Ocean Territory - satellite view.
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Scope:Gaua Island, Vanuatu - satellite view.
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Scope: 1944 Bombing of the Grand Bé (Saint-Malo), France.
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Scope: Fangataufa atoll, French Polynesia - satellite view.
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Scope: Prisoners on the Stairs of death in Mauthausen concentration camp.
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Scope: Ward Cunningham.
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Scope: Chicken gun used for Aerospace testing.
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Scope : Ivan Rioufol.
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Scope: Michelle L'amour.
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Scope: Thomas Blug.
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Scope: Railway Bridge in Perm, early 20th century.
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Scope: Shangela Laquifa Wadley.
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Scope: Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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Scope: Alice Guy-Blaché
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Scope: Mylène Halemai.
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Scope: Lauren Bastide.
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Scope: Hashima (Nagasaki) aerial view.
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Scope: Faleolo International Airport, Samoa - aerial view.
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Scope: Noam Morgensztern.
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Scope: TC Electronic Polytune.
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Scope: Aristide Maillol.
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Scope: Maria Stypułkowska-Chojecka during the Warsaw uprising.
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Scope: Marielle Franco.