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Flickr has been like a second university in later life to me - no exaggeration. And more and more I have come to appreciate that this online life, albeit so virtual and in many senses unreal, is actually not so dissimilar from real life as we often imagine.
I've been here for six years now. Just about oldskool, though not as oldskool as some.
And things are not so very different from that first university experience so long ago. Plenty people around at the same time I started have since dropped out, as happened then.
People that seemed good to be around have proved less so over time, as happened then. Interesting souls you hardly noticed in the beginning suddenly grab your attention.
There are complaints about the dean and administrators. Some people transfer to a smaller, ostensibly more liberal college. But most of us remain. Enrol semester by semester, learning from one another, dropping by one another's campus rooms, leaving notes, sometimes engaging in conversations or banter, making one or two friends for life.



Amongst other things I'm the founder/editor of the children's books website ACHUKA
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Before doing that I had time to write, and have written books about Melville & Hawthorne (a historical novel), Tennyson (a full-length biography) and William Cowper (a short guide to his poetry).

Since going digital, I've always used Sony
S70 (deceased)
W1 (deceased)
H1
@100
@580

I frequently run a slideshow of my Favorites or look back through my Achukapicks set, for inspiration.

Spend far too much time here, but it's a great place to be.

I'm admin for the One To One pool, a group for photos of places that are suited to conversations between two people, whether intimate or friendly, passionate or philosophical, everyday-chit-chatty or tensely dramatic... It's an open group, with no obligations or icons attached.

I tried (but failed) to keep the number of my Contacts at or just below the 2000 mark.

Prints of some of my photos can be obtained via my portfolio:
photo.achuka.co.uk.


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Photos of achuka (14)

  • Favorites this week. by MamaOwlPhoto
  • Happy New Year by Rossella Sferlazzo
  • mid-Advent greetings :) by achuka
  • Pure Magic. THINGS I LOVE THURSDAY. THANK YOU. by MamaOwlPhoto
  • by achuka
  • ghost train by achuka
  • by achuka
  • whistling nonchalantly while standing three feet away from black rhino... by achuka
  • you attract monochromatic people by achuka
  • The Mad Hatter Takes Tea by achuka
  • They say you always remember the moment you fell in love....Tilt by MamaOwlPhoto
  • TILT- Whole Lotta Love by MamaOwlPhoto
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achuka's favorite photos from other Flickr members (4,176)

  • by ...marta
  • by Delgadina
  • Happy Birthday To My Princess by Proggie
  • Carolyn by MegElizabeth_
  • The tamed tapestry by Miss Aniela
  • bows and light and such... by rekha_is_batman
  • Efímera#2 by byfer / Fernando Ocaña
  • Birthday Boy by Quizz...
  • by ...marta
  • albert by micmojo
  • by vanessa~h°
  • That Look by Proggie
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Testimonials (9)

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    f o x e says:

    "One of the most friendly people on flickr :) He can make you smile with his photographs and with his great always bright comments! Thank You!"

    28th January, 2011

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    clive_reedman says:

    "I passed achuka on Brighton Pier this afternoon. He was pointing his camera at Seagulls which made me stop and give him a Moo card. I thought nothing of it as I do it often. But then he wrote to me through Flickr and I have spent three hours traversing and enjoying his work. I will go to bed tonight with some of his images in my mind and that is te greatest compliment I can pay him. I will come back again and again and learn and be inspired."

    29th March, 2009

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    dora sans raison says:

    "he will "sway" you.. I cannot imagine flickr without him.."

    27th July, 2008

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    emre_u ( Away ) says:

    "Michael is very talented, I like the way he sees, frames, shoots. I adore his work. You should have a look at his stream, you'll learn many things."

    6th January, 2008

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    vivavia says:

    "beautiful work. surprising character.
    the best balance yet"

    10th November, 2007

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    shokographic says:

    "thanks for some lovely comments which is always so just lovely and makes me smile ;D
    you've got tons of amazing images... I admire you!"

    23rd October, 2007

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    Paulin'a says:

    "Achuka is a very good photographer with mass of idea. I really like his creative work."

    21st October, 2007

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    dora. says:

    "Michael is endowed with a good taste and sensitivity. He's got an eye for things of a beauty. I'm happy to have met him on flickr, I would be happy to meet him in real life. Thank you Michael :-)"

    25th December, 2006

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    puja says:

    "Achuka's images are simple, yet beautiful."

    26th July, 2005

Name:
Michael Thorn
Joined:
April 2005
Currently:
UK
I am:
Male
Occupation:
Website Editor
Website:
ACHUKA Children's Books UK