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Héléna-paule Fitoussi HelenaPF Our long time club member and daily ima board supporter as advisor, Héléna-paule Fitoussi, passed away without pain on July 23rd 2025. Below are words about her and her life, as well as some of her best loved and commented on images she shared with us here on ipernity. [Original French - English translation below the French] -------------- Héléna a grandi et étudié en Algérie, d'où elle a dû brutalement émigrer avec sa famille vers la France, à 26 ans en pleine guerre d'indépendance. Institutrice de profession, elle se passionne, en plus du chant choral où elle excelle, pour la photographie puis pour la peinture où elle développe une technique très originale et très remarquée. Sa production acharnée, en marge de sa profession, la conduit à exposer ses œuvres dans une galerie de Bordeaux en 2002. Un certain nombre de ses œuvres étaient visibles dans sa galerie ipernity. Sa technique lui provoque hélas, peu de temps après, un tennis elbow qui la contraint à arrêter définitivement son art. Sa fille Fabienne, qu'elle évoque souvent dans sa galerie ipernity, artiste elle-même et membre d'ipernity également, l'initie alors à l'art numérique par l'intermédiaire d'outils spécialisés. Héléna les adopte relativement vite et y trouve un nouveau moyen d'exprimer tout son talent ainsi que sa grande maîtrise des formes et des couleurs. Ses productions féériques, sensuelles et toujours empreintes d'une profonde poésie nous raviront au sein de ses galeries d'abord Facebook puis ipernity à partir de 2007, donc précocément. Des œuvres toujours accompagnées d'une générosité et d'une grande tendresse qui la caractérisent, ainsi que ses commentaires, et ont fait d'elle une membre appréciée de la communauté, attachante, fidèle et toujours avenante. Sur ipernity, chacun sait qu'elle fut une animatrice invétérée, passionnée et intransigeante d'innombrables groupes sur des thèmes aussi divers que la poésie, la peinture, le jazz et bien d'autres objets de l'art photographique et pictural. Elle a aussi tenu à participer à l'aventure IMA fin 2018 en participant à la modération quotidienne des photos ainsi qu'à la lutte anti-spam, pour tenter de remplacer notre chère amie Pam Johnson victime d'un AVC. Elle s'est acquittée de ces tâches, en collaboration avec l'équipe IMA, jusqu'à ce que la maladie l'en empêche, début juillet 2025. Elle n'a raté aucune assemblée générale de l'association depuis sa première occurrence en 2017. Nous pleurons une amie très chère, admirable, empreinte d'une passion et d'un amour débordants qui irriguèrent ses mots, ses actes et l'ensemble de son art. Nous attendons vos nombreux témoignages, vous qui l'avez bien connue et tant appréciée. Vos condoléances seront transmises à sa fille Fabienne. --- Ma vie comme désert de feu, mon âme en bas-relief sans trop d'ombres portées, demandent à étancher leur soif. Ma gorge et mes lèvres sèches osent à peine prononcer Ton nom Mon Oasis Mon Amour révélé poem by Héléna-Paule ----------------------- Helena grew up and studied in Algeria, from where she was brutally forced to emigrate with her family to France at the age of 26, at the height of the Algerian War of Independence. A schoolteacher by profession, and in addition to choral singing where she excels, she has a passion for photography and then painting, where she developed a highly original and much noticed technique. Her relentless painting production, on the fringe of her job, led her to exhibit her work in a Bordeaux gallery in 2002. A number of her works could be admired in her ipernity gallery. Unfortunately, her technique caused her to suffer from tennis elbow shortly afterwards, forcing her to give up her art for good. Her daughter Fabienne, whom she often mentions in her ipernity gallery, an artist herself and also ipernity member, introduced her to digital art using specialized tools. Helena adopted them relatively quickly, finding them a new means of expressing her talent and her mastery of shapes and colors. Her enchanting, sensual works, always imbued with a deep sense of poetry, will delight us in her galleries, first Facebook, then ipernity from 2007 onwards, which means early in the life of our site. Works always accompanied by the generosity and great tenderness that characterize her, as well as her comments, and have made her such an endearing member of the community, loyal and always approachable. On ipernity, everyone knows that she was an inveterate, passionate and uncompromising admin & moderator of countless groups on themes as diverse as poetry, painting, jazz and many other objects of photographic and pictorial art. She was also keen to take part in the IMA adventure at the end of 2018, helping with daily photo moderation as well as anti-spam, in an attempt to replace our dear friend Pam Johnson who suffered a stroke. She carried out these tasks, in collaboration with the IMA team, until illness prevented her from doing so, early July 2025. She hasn't missed a single general meeting of the IMA (IGA) since its first instance in 2017. We mourn a very dear and admirable friend, imbued with an overflowing passion and love that permeated her words, her actions and the whole of her art. We look forward to hearing from you, who knew and loved her so much. Your condolences will be conveyed to her daughter, Fabienne. --- My life a Sahara of fire, my soul carved on the wall casting shadows, not many, is asking to slake its thirst. My throat and my dry lips just barely dare to say Your name, My Oasis revealed: My Love. poem by Héléna-Paule (translation by Larry Beckett) ==================================== Mes notes se perdent aux larmes de mes yeux Tu me fis présent d'une averse d'étoiles qui depuis éclairent mes nuits, mes cieux vide Najda, celle qui illumine ma vie... & Les amis sont les anges qui nous soulèvent quand nos ailes n'arrivent plus à se rappeler comment voler. A vous tous, mes amis d'Ipernity, avec toute ma tendresse, afin que vous puissiez voir tout ce qu'il y a encore de lumineux dans votre vie et d'y croire encore Mais tu es son rivage au corps de sable chaud Sa crête reviendra s’adoucir sur tes algues ... And Héléna's final posting on ipernity: Ce frémir d'aimer qui n'a pas de mots...

cp_u Our long time club member, Claus-peter (cp_u), passed away in January 2025. A family man who loved Italy, good wine, music and life, he took the time to help insure that ipernity became the member owned association we have today. He was part of the group of people who helped form the ipernity members association thus insuring our website continued as a member owned community. An intelligent, open-minded person, Claus-peter was always fair and allowed all opinions to be heard. He valued friendship, which he showed in all his interactions on ipernity. Claus-peter was a traveler who shared his findings with us here. He was active in many ipernity groups including administering HWW - Happy Wall Wednesday and HFF - Happy Fence Friday. Enjoying city and nature alike, his varied images delighted us. The Eye of the Bridge is the moon - HFF! Perditi! HFF! Sydney Bay View 1

Fabio In September 2024, our long time club member Fabio passed away. While Fabio photographed many different things, he loved photographing people. He came over to Ipernity from Panoramio sharing street scenes with lone people in them. He took touching portraits of the poorest and of the forgotten, most of them in his unique b/w. Everyday reality in general was his favourite subject. His love of the ‘l’heure bleue’ (blue hour) can be seen in many of his images and he even commented on that on his last photo with us. He was a kind , generous and caring man who had many contacts here with whom he shared a deep connection. Fabio ended his time here with us with a photo (Exit) whose title sounds now as a sad premonition of what would happen in a short time : his Exit from IP and unfortunately from this life. A group in his honor remains open for contributions: www.ipernity.com/group/2800806 Below are some of his well loved photos and his last contribution. Going home You & Me Il "russo" Livorno, San jacopo in Acquaviva Exit

Lucette Our long time club member, Lucette, passed away in August 2024. Lucette was a kind, caring person who lived in Le Mans in the Sarthe region of France. She loved to share photographs of flowers, and she frequently took photos of other nature and her home town. She had many connections in person and online with ipernity friends. Here are some of Lucette's best loved photos: Bord de Sarthe Bon lundi ; et agréable semaine ; pour vous tous dans cette grande chaleur !! Le Mans - La Cathédrale Ces roses pour vous mes amies

Anji Our long time club member, Anji, passed away in July 2023. Anji connected with nature including many cats. She was also a devoted member of the Macro Mondays group. Here are some of Anji's best loved photos, including the kitten photo she used for her icon: domi Hiver à nos portes Macro Mondays 2.0

A long time lover of nature who had a great sense of humor, Daniela ( neira-Dan ) was a botonist who used photography to connect with nature. Daniela, a friend to so many here on ipernity, passed away in December of 2023. During their long time presence on ipernity they shared their love of nature through their photographs of orchids, irises and many other flowers, brought us humor, and appreciated our "stimulating and enriching" community. Here are a few of their photos: Poil au menton ... Bon dimanche à tous Drôles de nuages !! un chat qui sait lire- HFF Passiflora 'Coral Sea' - Très bon dimanche à tous

Jonathan Cohen at Baha'i gardens Jonathan, a member of Ipernity Club since 2013, died in February, 2023. He was passionate about photography and particularly enjoyed capturing images of flowers and insects, geometric cityscapes, and street art. One of Jonathan's most viewed and commented photos: Sunset Over Big Sur – Viewed from Nepenthe Restaurant, Monterey County, California

Stormlizard John spent many hours/days on Ipernity as he loved wildlife photography, especially bird photography. John met many new friends through ipernity and during the last two years of his life when he could not get outside anymore ipernity was a door to the outside for him.

Eve Chartier Long time club member Eve Chartier was a friend to many here on ipernity and her love of nature shown through to us in her numerous flower photos. Eve's most commented photo

From Cornwall, England to Madrid, Spain, long time club member Andy Rodker shared his love for nature and his kind heart with all of us on ipernity. Friend to so many of us here, Andy loved to take long walks and show us how nature inspired him. Andy Rodker Outside Madrid Godrevy Lighthouse Porthcadjack Cove, Cornwall

Long time club member Thomas Kauroff was a world traveller. He had a very good eye for details, composition, arrangements and lines. From nature to towering buildings, his vision helped us keep a fresh eye on the world around us.

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above compilation image by bonsai59 - used with permission Manfred

Jim Fowler

Marie-claire Gallet

Karp Panta

image by uwschu , used by permission