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Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) World Photography Day. This year a lovely group of 72 people participated in our all ipernity event. If you don't already know, all 72 of us took photos on the same day around the world. Now that's one dedicated group of photographers! The variation this year was asking along with a photograph, names of photographers that are admired or that inspire. These names create a wonderful list. Both famous photographers as well as…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Listing of new groups. Thanks to the astute ipernity member who noticed and reported that the 'New groups' under the Explore menu was actually listing the oldest first. This has been corrected. We are truly a member-run website. 2) Resistance was not futile. The previously reported success at curbing the over utilisation of our servers has continued, so the cost and effort involved with obtaining outside help has proven worthwhile. Th…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) The Good News. Slow but determined work gets the job done. We can report that the download to pc, and the creation/change of icon and banner for a user's home page, and for groups, are again working. And that the AI driven content scrapers causing the overload have finally been blocked, (mm/dd below). 2) Progress on our server issues. Please read all of the below carefully The Story Back in April our servers began being…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Communicating on ipernity. Let’s take a moment and celebrate our community! Connecting with people on the internet can be a difficult thing to do, but here on ipernity the vast majority of our communications are rooted in enjoyment and curiosity. That’s something to pause for, to notice and appreciate. We spend a lot of time viewing the world from another person’s perspective, both visually and in writing. This wonderful type of experience is a spe…

Help keep our association going. Join the ima team as an Executive assistant. Our current treasurer, Corinne, will be stepping down in less than a year. We are looking for someone to become an executive assistant to Corinne. Are you a Club Member with a love for ipernity? WE NEED YOU! Becoming an assistant to Corinne will also allow you to learn exactly what it means to be our treasurer and for you to consider whether you would like to stand for treasurer next year. Wh…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Our annual general meeting was held 22 March 2026. A big thank you to all the members who took the time to attend. Summary of important changes voted into place: 1) Our Vice President is now Don Sutherland. 2) Our Treasurer, Corinne Pommerell, is re-elected. 3) Our Cash Auditor, Thomas Reck is re-elected. 4) Membership fees will now be listed only in euros - PayPal and banks used will do any currency adjustments needed. The text…

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The IGA 2026 will take place on Sunday, 22nd March 2026, 5pm Paris (16:00 UTC). Please check the correct time in your country, perhaps with this Your time zone ============================================================ We encourage all full club members to attend. ▶️ Follow this link to the sign up procedure . The verification of your identity is only necessary, if you are participating for the first time. Otherwise, we only require an ipermail to ima moderator in…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Ipernity General Assembly (IGA 2026). Details can be read in the formal announcement . 2) New group feature, 'View your content'. The initial reason for adding this was to help a member decide whether to add an image to the suggested group. This is when visiting the group from a 'visit/add' link as a non-member, but having content in it. However, the feature as released is available to any viewer, member or not, with content in the group. A…

Dear friends, I am writing this as someone who has been part of this community for many years, sharing photographs, moments, and conversations that have meant a lot to me. This is not easy for me to write, but I want to be sincere. In my later years, I have found myself facing a difficult personal and financial situation, after a lifetime of trying to handle everything on my own. I know many of us face challenges, and I am not writing this to create discomfort, publicity, or pressure. M…

Die Weisheit der Besen Oder: Warum Aufräumen oft klüger ist als Nachdenken Es gibt Tage, da brauchst du einen Therapeuten. Oder einen Guru. Oder mindestens drei Selbsthilfebücher mit Sonnenuntergang auf dem Cover. Und dann gibt es Tage, da brauchst du einfach einen Besen. Keinen Designer-Besen. Keinen nachhaltigen mit Haltung. Einen ganz normalen Besen, der keine Fragen stellt und keinerlei Interesse an deinem Innenleben hat. Besen kümmern sich nicht um Gefühle. Sie kümmern sich um…

Antsirabe (Madagascar) - Petit Jean n’est pas le copain de Robin des Bois. Le moine Toc n’est pas son frère. Petit Jean, c’est son vrai nom et c’est mon ami.

Dear members and friends of ipernity, As the seasons change we're grateful for our wonderful community and our continuing working website. We hope the new season brings great art and beauty to each of us. Thank you all for contributing to our modest and advert free place on the web. 1) Group search feature. It was noticed that the Search feature for groups only looked at the title. This update adds the option of including the group description in the search. This is a benefit both…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Photon festival. We have started an experiment. From September 5 to 7, 2025, we had a booth at the PHOTON Photography Festival in Illingen / Saar, Germany, where we promoted Ipernity. Thanks to Bernhard (Bergfex), who traveled from Austria especially for this event, we were able to talk to visitors at the festival and raise awareness of Ipernity. We'll have to wait and see if this will be reflected in the membership numbers. We also l…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Server overload update. Access to our website is somewhat improved from the days of unhelpful error messages, but as our servers are still overloaded by bots the team continues to work on finding a solution to the delayed loading of pages. What the team has done: 1) See the previously published article . 2) A new firewall has been installed and with a few updates to the settings, error messages no longer appear and so there has…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Interruptions to our website. As many of you know, we have been suffering recently from slow response times to actual failure to load a page. When this happens to you, please be patient and wait a minute or two before trying to refresh the page, because the site is not offline, just overloaded. This is due to high demand on our system from outside. This has also been causing other types of issues including interruption of daily news emails an…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Additional translation option. It is now possible to translate the "Interests" section in addition to the general section of a member's About page, accessed from the 'More information' link. 2) Minor feature adjustment. The 'Report as inappropriate' box that is seen on received ipermails has been moved over to the right. This is to avoid accidental checking of the box when deleting an ipermail on a touch screen device. 3) Public Domain W…

New-Delhi (Inde) - Je rencontre Viki pour la première fois en 2008. Il a à peine 16 ans. Il cire et répare les chaussures à l’entrée du restaurant où j’ai mes habitudes quand je suis dans le quartier de Paharganj. A l’époque, il travaillait à même le sol. Pieds-nus. Un comble pour un cordonnier. Dès que je franchissais le seuil du restaurant, il voulait systématiquement cirer mes chaussures de trek. Des chaussures en toile. A la fin du séjour, après un long péri…

Pour la photographie, le Mexique n’est pas l’Inde, ni l’Asie en général. Voyons l’aspect positif : Je ne suis pas assailli de demandes de selfies. Mais d’un autre côté, mes demandes de photos sont refusées à quatre-vingt-dix-neuf pour cent. Surtout par les indiens. De nombreuses chouettes images n’iront pas remplir mes disques durs et resteront dans ma tête. La moisson de portraits sera d’autant plus maigre que pour ce genre d’images, sans autorisation, pas de photo. Nada !…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Summary of the General Assembly of Members. We thank all of you who attended the online meeting. To summarise, the meeting went well, and the board for the coming year was elected. Of particular note is the exciting news that we now have a Vice President whose position will support promoting ipernity along with other tasks. We welcome Andreas Schindler Arlequin Photographie to the position and look forward to their support. That said, it…