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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) 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…

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…

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.

Photography is like writing, you start with an empty piece of paper, then fill it using your creativity. What is in your mind, what is on that paper, do they correspond, do they have connection? Do you start with an idea, then start writing, word for word, sentence by sentence until your story is complete? Or do you put a lot of words on that paper and start telling it is a story afterwards? Next time remember, photography can be a window to the mind! --------------------------------…

To my opinion a lot of photographs get better with diminished detail, call it abstraction if you like. The art of reduction is very interesting. Try for yourself: look for images that you like where reduction or abstraction is an essential part of the image. And then imagine how they would have looked without it. No distraction, no irrelevant details, no deviation, straight ahead. The only problem is the fact that the art of reduction has a steep learning curve ........... You c…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) World Photography Day - August 19th, 2023. What a great success! For this year's event 70 people captured their photographic day and interests literally from all over the world. From favorite cameras, to the depths of the night sky, from well planned out images to spontanious discoveries, our members celebrated the gift of photography. View all the wonderful contributions in the group here and join in the conversations about why and how th…

World Photography Day is an annual, worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography. This year our club’s World Photography Day group will honor the day by accepting photographs taken on Saturday, August 19th, 2023. Each photographer may submit one photo (for 2023 a second photo will be allowed if placed in the description of your first photo). Submissions will be accepted through the end of August to allow time for editing, processing, and uploading. S…

For other languages: ipernity club members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) Hi all, For the first time, there is the opportunity to preview and score the pictures for the ipernity homepage for the upcoming season (autumn). As supervisor for the homepage content, I hereby invite you to participate in this rating: Homepage Picture…

For a long time I would like to talk to you about a fabulous French artist, Agatha Ukeo, my friend, from my age group but as young as my grandchildren, because her creative mind is airy, colorful, and untimely. She invents characters that seem naïf but they aren't, that resemble comics but they aren't, that resemble fantastic realism and they are. They talk to us, meet the mythology of our dreams, fantasies, and fears. Fill us with pleasure and make us feel the irony and joy of living.…

I have two open accounts on social networks, Facebook and Ipernity, and I'm the administrator of a poetry website, "Livro Único". Today I woke up under the fear of uncertainty of what will happen to them after my death. I suddenly remembered that I always have the possibility to cancel them before I die. But when? What if a I have a sudden death? Another possibility is to bequeath them to someone who, even without updates, keep them online. Yet another is the social networks directors t…

For other languages: ipernity members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) We would like to remind you that the sign up deadline for this year's Ipernity General Assembly will end tomorrow, Friday, March 25, 2022 at midnight (Paris time). The same deadline appl…

Ich bin hier, um mich fotografisch fortzuentwickeln und schöne Bilder besserer Fotografen zu sehen, die mir Inspiration geben können. Ich bin überhaupt nicht beleidigt, sondern ich freue mich über konstruktive Hinweise und Diskussionen zur Verbesserung meiner Bilder. Soweit ich einmal mit einem Ratschlag helfen soll, tue ich es natürlich auch gerne. Mein fotografischer Werdegang: Ich habe nach längerer analoger Kleinbildzeit im Jahr 2001 mit einer Olympus Camedia SLR mit 1,5 MP auch…

For other languages: ipernity members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) Dear members and friends of ipernity, On March 27, 2022, two mandates within the ima team will become vacant. We invite loyal and active club members to join the ima team to continue shaping the future of ipernity:…

For other languages: ipernity members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) Dear members and friends of ipernity, Today, we would like to thank you all for being a part of our community. We are grateful for your loyalty, and dedication as you share your passion for photography with us, especially during this unusual year. We wish you and your families a p…

For other languages: ipernity members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.)…

Ils travaillent entre 3000 et 5300 mètres d’altitude. Mal équipés et mal payés, au péril de leur vie, les ouvriers des Travaux publics indiens, sous le contrôle de l’armée, ont pour mission de maintenir ouverte la seule route sécurisée qui mène au Ladakh. Un axe vital emprunté six mois par an par des milliers de chauffeurs routiers. Des trompe-la mort, sans lesquels aucune activité économique ne serait possible dans cet État du nord de l’Inde. Une région par ailleurs hautement stratégique, coincée entre la Chine et le Pakistan. Pays avec lesquels l’Inde a toujours entretenu des relations conflictuelles. * Article rédigé en 2013

I'm a writer of little writing so I don't tire you with repetitions days follow one another and nights and tides as well we look to the full moon the sunligh the dark night and the tide line on the sand as it was for the first time if the world doesn't get tired why do we get older?! sou escritor de pouca escrita para não vos cansar com repetições os dias sucedem-se iguais e também nas noites e as maré olhamos para a lua cheia a luz do sol a noite escura e a linha de m…

A warm welcome to our newest club members! Please visit their pages to personally welcome them and see what they bring to our community. Rolf Mahler ← publicly active Andre ← publicly active Jan Stojak ← publicly active Wild_Maddin ← publicly active Tiny Island ← publicly active Reinhard Wulff Corey Best ← publicly active Gerold ← publicly active Newell Reinvention ← publicly active Peterderzweite ← publicly active dacapo…

Deutschland: Entsprechend dem deutschem Urheberrechtsgesetz in der Fassung vom 31.05.2021 sind Uploads von Ausschnitten aus fremden Werken auf kommerzielle Dienstleistungsplattformen (Facebook, YouTube, etc.) nur noch mit sehr geringem Umfang erlaubt: Filmausschnitte oder Tonspuren dürfen maximal 15 Sekunden lang sein, Texte bis zu 160 Zeichen lang, Fotos oder Grafiken maximal 125 Kilobyte groß. Siehe auch: Offizielle Erläuterung der deutschen Bundesregierung zur Urheberrechtsreform…