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Retired Art Director living in Edinburgh.
Now able to take photos with more free time.
All I try to do is enter peoples' lives by way of a smile.
Life is hard enough without trying to give something back through my images.
Occasionally I'll head off into other territories to see where it takes me but engaging with the viewer usually comes by giving them a small reward for visiting.
I hope that at least a few of my photos have made someone somewhere titter, guffaw, grin, smirk giggle, chortle, cackle,snicker, snort, or just simply enjoy.
Feel free to give what ever reaction you feel is appropriate.
Blog: jimdownie.wordpress.com
Photoblog: www.photoblog.com/user/jimbodownie
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Groups (50)
- Square Format Masterpieces (see rules) 3,859 photos, 1,408 members
- PORTRAITS - A Gallery for your Best Portraiture 293,274 photos, 15,975 members
- Contemporary Art Society - Post1 / Comment1 28,910 photos, 1,119 members
- Image Portrait Gallery !!! - B&W or Color !!! 25,385 photos, 998 members
- The Superness of Superosity 2,375 photos, 65 members
- Vermeer Pearls.. an invite only group (P1/A2) 23,914 photos, 2,001 members
- Bizarrismo 712 photos, 101 members
- show me the art 13,577 photos, 919 members
- Fictitious Reality 36 th Exhibition- Kirsty Mitchell 26 photos, 366 members
- .•*´¨*Just Passing Our Time - Post1/Comment1 64,371 photos, 2,165 members
- Beyond the Sea 15,648 photos, 352 members
- *PhotoGraphia* & Quality (Mod. Group) 24,411 photos, 2,225 members
- Creative Photo Group_ BASIC (P1-C3) 452,652 photos, 29,176 members
- The Textured Landscape (Painterly Quality Only) 9,086 photos, 1,384 members
- Superosity 48,440 photos, 2,184 members
- MuLTi MeGa SQuaRe 44,508 photos, 1,267 members
- Committee of Artists 23,923 photos, 2,820 members
- Texture Squared 16,822 photos, 1,337 members
- The Knight and his Princess (Admins invite only) P 1 - A/C 1 31,548 photos, 2,867 members
- Fictitious Reality 35th Exhibition-ps70 returning slowly 20 photos, 422 members
- SCOTLAND'S LANDSCAPES 66,040 photos, 4,229 members
- Nikon Scotland 11,202 photos, 264 members
- Social Documentary Scotland 935 photos, 82 members
- Scotland's Scenery 9,154 photos, 255 members
- This is Scotland 19,752 photos, 484 members
- Contemporary Scotland 2,890 photos, 378 members
- Scottish Creative 264 photos, 23 members
- EYE ZOOM ! ESTHETIQUE ! ( INVITE ONLY) 28,637 photos, 4,651 members
- ~Stealing Shadows~ - by ADMIN invite - *+18, Cmt 1 7,869 photos, 2,446 members
- The Inspiring Photograph 33,892 photos, 1,524 members
- Image Gallery !!! 116,557 photos, 2,693 members
- The Light Painters Society 240,888 photos, 12,498 members
- Flickr Community (INVITE ALL CONTACTS) 591,952 photos, 39,871 members
- d a y_d r e a m e r s (admin invite only) 8,712 photos, 401 members
- "Desperate Souls" 11,920 photos, 1,518 members
- Barcelona Photos 55,631 photos, 3,441 members
- OLD - PEF 2009 4,546 photos, 1,585 members
- Golden Square 10,468 photos, 544 members
- Roberts_ArtGallery - Admin-invite only - p1/c2! 3,030 photos, 281 members
- Head-Shots 3,883 photos, 1,339 members
- ☂6 X 6☂ 5,397 photos, 2,010 members
- ***All beautiful shots and many more. {♣Admin Invite Only♣} 201,715 photos, 10,957 members
- WC- Without Colours 689 photos, 853 members
- Masterpieces of Portrait Art 4,224 photos, 1,321 members
- The Classiest Black And White Portraits 3,941 photos, 689 members
- Between The Frames 245 photos, 119 members
- Highlands and Islands of Scotland 22,785 photos, 800 members
- Photo Gallery - High Quality (invite only) 66 photos, 54 members
- Ingmar Bergman's 63rd Film 8,131 photos, 752 members
- **Punctum** 3,599 photos, 593 members
Testimonials (7)
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Bruiach/ Colin Campbell says:
"Sorry I didn't know Jim as an art director but as a photographer he is one of my favourites. Great compositions and emotion in so many of his shots."
13th September, 2008
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Mabel Amber *Pluto 5339* says:
"Don't need many words to describe Jim's work: absolutely fabulous, no kidding."
20th March, 2008
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mark gorman says:
"There IS only one Jim Downie. One of Scotland's greatest ever art directors. Now one of Scotland's most promising photographers."
21st January, 2008
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Deleting my flickr, bye everyone!! says:
"I just love looking at your photos!! I've gained a lot of inspiration from browsing your collection."
23rd October, 2007
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cyanatic says:
"There is a deep richness and clarity to Jim's work that goes beyond mere technical accomplishment. There are the elegant tones of the blacks and the grays, but in Jim's images one also finds tones of mood and emotion. It is one thing to "ooh" and "ah" over a beautiful photograph and speak of how it "looks". But it is an entirely different level of photography when one can say "this made me feel"."
8th June, 2007
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Maarten Kroes says:
"Almost every of Jim's pictures tells you a story, sometimes a sad one while others will make you happy. Jim is an exellent story-teller, love to listen to his images....."
7th May, 2007
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Lazy Aussie says:
"Jim has plenty of superb shots, so a trawl through the "back issues" will be well rewarded."
15th April, 2007
- Name:
- jim downie
- Joined:
- December 2006
- Hometown:
- Edinburgh
- Currently:
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Occupation:
- Retired Art Director
- Website:
- jimblog