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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.
www.twitter.com/achuka
Photos of achuka (14)
achuka's favorite photos from other Flickr members (4,185)
Contacts (3,620)
Groups (50)
- Né Ultra 5,779 photos, 1,542 members
- PLYM Magazine 2012 12,845 photos, 1,996 members
- Search The Best (Post INVITED photos Only) New Group 842 photos, 506 members
- Little Photo 547 photos, 96 members
- Android Photo´s (AP) 18 photos, 48 members
- BSP (Best Street Photography) 663 photos, 168 members
- ~~fence friday~~(the original) 19,003 photos, 3,176 members
- Sigma 85mm F/1.4 EX DG HSM 6,045 photos, 1,012 members
- SONY ALPHA CLUB 175,003 photos, 3,740 members
- The Childhood of the invisible... 881 photos, 192 members
- FOR THE LOVE OF HORSES... 63,837 photos, 15,461 members
- Alice guarda i gatti - Cat's Lover! 1,373 photos, 192 members
- The Isle of Mull 558 photos, 85 members
- zorki cameras 9,752 photos, 1,271 members
- Pentacon Six 23,048 photos, 1,980 members
- melancholy 66,048 photos, 4,215 members
- Werra Cameras 993 photos, 210 members
- Vignette for Android 23,903 photos, 2,075 members
- Your Best Shot 2010 20,194 photos, 24,714 members
- myspace* 138 photos, 76 members
- Kate Day's Photo Competition 5,190 photos, 976 members
- Of Me 181,652 photos, 14,074 members
- Image Portrait Gallery !!! - B&W or Color !!! 26,194 photos, 1,013 members
- Ingmar Bergman's 63rd Film 8,337 photos, 762 members
- Mamiya Love (FILM ONLY) 65,614 photos, 5,097 members
- Character Studies 18,577 photos, 755 members
- Le Club Noir 1,536 photos, 275 members
- Libertango ~ Invitation ONLY 3,531 photos, 370 members
- Fictitious Reality 37 th Exhibition- ericguo06 20 photos, 349 members
- AllEdges Still Life 70,131 photos, 5,386 members
- The Bluebells Photo Group 4,431 photos, 1,022 members
- We Chase Light 8,163 photos, 1,132 members
- Pure PhotoArt! 2,458 photos, 387 members
- Olympus 35 RC 2,305 photos, 241 members
- Mamiya TLR 23,712 photos, 1,994 members
- Are you dreaming my memory ? 14,606 photos, 387 members
- SELF-PORTRAIT 149,676 photos, 13,586 members
- Ilovethatphoto.net Photography Magazine 57,753 photos, 2,380 members
- Image Gallery / B&W !!! 85,517 photos, 2,606 members
- SOS Haiti 1,492 photos, 382 members
- Your Best Shot 2009 16,546 photos, 20,180 members
- Fictitious Reality-30 Exhibition- gabonezu (back but very s/) 2 photos, 239 members
- Nellie Vin Fine Art Magazine 6,050 photos, 340 members
- A pets group that is not stupid! 58 photos, 14 members
- 'Six of the best' 10,659 photos, 215 members
- My heart profoundly fluttered, my soul's eye grew clear... 10,535 photos, 561 members
- Strobist.com 527,843 photos, 104,122 members
- Birds , Birds Birds 602,006 photos, 26,472 members
- Birds in Flight! 89,253 photos, 6,327 members
- Birds Photos 802,791 photos, 38,258 members
Galleries (77)
- masks 1 photo
- Profiles vol VIII 8 photos
- reading vol. iv 7 photos
- Windows VII 8 photos
- red vol. vii 18 photos
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























