Make WPF Image load async

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I suggest you to use a Binding on your imgGravatar from XAML. Set IsAsync=true on it and WPF will automatically utilize a thread from the thread pool to pull your image. You could encapsulate the resolving logic into an IValueConverter and simply bind the email as Source

in XAML:

<Window.Resouces>
    <local:ImgConverter x:Key="imgConverter" />
</Window.Resource>

...


<Image x:Name="imgGravatar" 
       Source="{Binding Path=Email, 
                        Converter={StaticResource imgConverter}, 
                        IsAsync=true}" />

in Code:

public class ImgConverter : IValueConverter
{
    public override object Convert(object value, ...)
    {
        if (value != null)
        {
             BitmapImage bi = new BitmapImage();
             bi.BeginInit();
             bi.UriSource = new Uri( 
                 GravatarImage.GetURL(
                     "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=" + 
                      value.ToString()) , UriKind.Absolute 
                 );
             bi.EndInit();
             return bi;                
        }
        else
        {
            return null;
        }

    }
}

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