SteelQueens uses photographs from several public sources. Every image on an athlete’s profile page is credited in its caption. This page aggregates the full list.
Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY / CC-BY-SA / CC0)
Most of our hero portraits are sourced from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons licenses. Individual photographer credits appear in the caption of each photo on the athlete’s profile page.
Instagram editorial reference
Low-resolution profile avatars (400×400) are editorial-use thumbnails sourced via Instagram’s public og:image meta tag. Each such photo on the site displays “Photo via @handle on Instagram” with a direct link back to the profile. Athletes (or their representatives) can request immediate removal via /photo-takedown/ — processed within 48 hours.
Federation press galleries
Select press photos are displayed under the press-use clause of each federation’s competitor release form. The evidence URL for each such photo is logged in our licensed_photos table and surfaced in the photo’s caption.
YouTube thumbnails
When an athlete’s gallery includes video embeds, thumbnails are served directly by YouTube and remain under YouTube’s standard embed license.
Any photo used on this site that should not be — please email [email protected] with the URL. We take content down within 48 hours.