The level of categorization they do is kinda crazy. Looking for some barefoot woman wearing jeans? (241 images) Or maybe interested in churches in Ecuador photographed in 2007? Of course they have that! (45 images)

If you click on them, many images on Wikipedia will lead you to their parent page on Commons (click “view on Commons”). Ideally, that’s where all non-copyrighted WP files are placed (unlike those that are under copyright, which limits in how many places they can be used).

Literally the only wiki-based media repository out there.

There’s also monoskop.org (although unlike Wikimedia Commons it doesn’t seem to care about copyright law too much).

Also if you’re looking for something near you to photograph and upload to Wikimedia Commons:

• Look for red circles here
• Or search by location
• You can drill down pretty far
• How to apply Creative Commons license tags

Ages and ages ago, I was looking for free stencils of a fist for a screen printing project and found this one in the commons:

I swear I’ve seen it everywhere for the last 15 years.

Them butt feathers on point.