I started taking photos around age 70 and discovered Flickr. I try to approach people, give a feeling of the real life I see around me. Life is beautiful and so much to do, learn and experience even after a "certain age" !
My English blog at Going to London after 70 is fairly recent, but I do write every day as in my French blog.

Hungarian, born in Romania, in France 40 years, now living in LONDON. I spend more and more time on Flickr : it is wonderful to meet people from so many places in the world! and a very good place to learn too.

300,000 visited to my photos in the last three years, gives me a great incentive to continue. Your encouragements and comments are important to me. But even if no one would look at them, I believe I'll take some more anyway.
I created also the following groups:
I spend most of my time animating the !afterclass! group that I created, having now more then 2200 members by now. We are learning about different photo theme every month in different threads, each class lead by a specialists of his choosen theme. It is a collective effort, we learn a lot from each others images and discussions too. Come and join us!
First group I created as I lile books and to read
people reading group every age, everywhere, and
never too old group to show how many things people do still at our (their) age
strangers no more photos of people we did not know but get to know better, before or after taking their pictures
Having lived from inside the micro-computing revolution from 1979, I discovered two years ago blogging and flickr. I writing diary for 60 years, but making photos I took up only three years ago and I am still learning (one of the reasons I formed the !afterclass! group where we do evolue together.
My main French blog is julie70.blogspot.com/
and my young ages diary here As a book
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Groups (50)
- Kalotaszeg 169 photos, 27 members
- Getty Images Call for Artists 43705 photos, 8764 members
- Blue and Yellow. Yes, it's that simple! 541 photos, 192 members
- Leaves 4361 photos, 628 members
- Fall And Winter Around The World ❀ 6514 photos, 1552 members
- panoramas 106386 photos, 12762 members
- Oxford 20405 photos, 1727 members
- **Quiet / 静 2709 photos, 1970 members
- Moment volé - Stolen moment 794 photos, 228 members
- Less Is More... 29857 photos, 21724 members
- Minimalism 107193 photos, 12611 members
- Transilvania 2096 photos, 157 members
- It's Raining 3959 photos, 1074 members
- Rain 19460 photos, 5840 members
- Flickr Funny 1475 photos, 223 members
- Photoshop Support Group 86550 photos, 22920 members
- People & Portraits 53876 photos, 2294 members
- An Idea of Home 1436 photos, 562 members
- Spring and Summer Around the World ❀ 17734 photos, 2731 members
- Washington DC/Metro Area 73375 photos, 5261 members
- diagonaler bildaufbau 567 photos, 55 members
- MirrorProject @Flickr - self-portraits in mirrored surfaces ONLY 21877 photos, 5602 members
- Don't Take Yourself Too Seriously 265 photos, 118 members
- Toastmasters 93 photos, 24 members
- ~ women together ~ 1325 photos, 184 members
- Happy Flowery Friday!!--Everyday~~~ 7949 photos, 973 members
- Reasons Of Our Humanity 27805 photos, 2157 members
- Flickr Royalty ( POST 1 / COMMENT 1 ) 2550 photos, 451 members
- Just walking 4350 photos, 444 members
- A MOMENT OF LIFE 48654 photos, 2319 members
- York 11620 photos, 1065 members
- World's Most Stunning Shots *Invited Only * 6326 photos, 1944 members
- Museums at Night 2009 158 photos, 42 members
- Six Word Story 18548 photos, 2967 members
- Dance, dance, dance! 29001 photos, 3741 members
- canon photography 868066 photos, 25009 members
- SWOTM (Soul Woman of the Month) 1587 photos, 307 members
- London Marathon 1329 photos, 98 members
- Greenwich Park 1337 photos, 91 members
- Blue! (sky, sea ect...) 103 photos, 27 members
- CANON 450D UK users 2762 photos, 334 members
- Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi - Canon EOS 450D 115738 photos, 4673 members
- Canon EOS 400D (aka. Rebel XTi / KISS Digital X) 370172 photos, 16370 members
- Canon Eos Francophonie 19540 photos, 577 members
- Photojournalism & Photojournalists 78307 photos, 5304 members
- Londoners Street Photography Comp #14 "Seasonal Shift" 4724 photos, 795 members
- London Independent Photography 2262 photos, 624 members
- Only on a Tuesday 54 photos, 61 members
- Earth Mosaic 2009 5018 photos, 2996 members
- Flickr Photo Sharing 2576 photos, 308 members
Testimonials (15)
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babasteve says:
"What an inspiration Julie is! She is a constant learner, as well as a constant encourager! Her !afterclass! group is amazing, and I have enjoyed participating in it so much. Thank you, Julie, for who you are and all you mean to Flickr!"
30th December, 2008
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*~Yogini~Astra~* says:
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I found Julie's stream by chance and I am happy that I did. I love seeing Paris and now London through her eyes and learn about Julie's life and the people in it. Julie is amazing! A woman full of spirit, curiosity, appetite for life and courage, very inspirational!!!"29th August, 2008
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Ranj Niere says:
"Julie70 shares a last name with a famous Hungarian photographer Andor Kertész. But that is not all. M. Kertész was a consummate street photographer with a fine eye for the moment and composition.
So, for that matter is Julie70"19th January, 2008
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I Nancy says:
"Julie loves to explore - people, places, new ideas. Late in life she takes up photography and begins photographing everything around her. At 70 she does a series of self-portraits. She leads several groups, one of them !afterclass!, where we met. She is both stern head master and the playful explorer. I love working with Julie, her fearless exploration with her trusty camera uncovers many unexpected surprises. If Julie can do it, so can I!"
13th October, 2007
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Danièle M. says:
"J'aime beaucoup les photos de Julie - et ses blogues. Mais comment elle trouve le temps de faire tout ça??? J'espère avoir autant d'énergie quand j'aurai le même âge!"
11th February, 2007
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Bête à Bon-Dieu says:
"Ce que je souhaite vieillir comme Julie ! Toujours profiter de la vie et s'amuser. Quelle energie !!"
25th January, 2007
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francois et fier de l'Être says:
"Prenez le temps de la connaître, elle en vaut vraiment le coup. C'est "une belle âme"."
5th October, 2006
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pjsixft ("PJ") says:
" Altho I have only just met Julie here thru' her photos, I know an OLD SOUL when I see one.. and her gift for catching the spirit of faces is awesome. I love her spit and vinegar (as my mother used to call it)... spunk, her gift and her gentleness."
13th July, 2006
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Alp Delacroix says:
"Julie show with her photos her vitality and experiencie. For luck I found her photos one day while I surf in Flickr and I fall in love for her way of mind. She´s a excellent women we can learn a lot of things. I wish the best for Julie."
1st June, 2006
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caring_litz says:
""i will be 50 on 2nd day of march, and i want to continue living like Julie Kertesz who exhibits a spirit with enthusiasm that belies her age, that we tend to think of people in their early 70's.I marvel the way she relishes with strangers. She posted more than 7,500
pictures on flickr which pay tribute to the art of photography. She gaves me the opportunity reflecting myself of what i have done and still to be done as life goes on...""7th February, 2006
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~My aim is true~ says:
"I had the opportunity to live in Paris for 10 months several years ago, and Julie's photos are like going back every day. She takes pictures of the most beautiful daily things - people, markets, signs - that make Paris what it is. Thank you, Julie.
J'avais l'occasion de passer dix mois a Paris il y a quelques annees, et les photos de Julie me font penser a Paris tous les jours. Elle fait des photos des plus jolis objets quotidiens - les gens, les marches, les signes - qui representent Paris comme elle est. Je vous remercie mille fois, Julie.
NB - Excusez SVP mon francais HORRIBLE."29th November, 2005
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Jacques C. says:
"Quelle santé Julie, quelle activité ! Tu es une bonne spectatrice du monde, attentive, enthousiaste. Tu regardes tout, tu te souviens de beaucoup de choses, tu partages."
29th July, 2005
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Gankaku says:
"From my little suburban home in America, I have the wonderful opportunity of seeing life in daily France through Julie's eyes. Her photos of every day life and people are so down to earth it's refreshing! Her photos make you feel comfortable. I always feel like I'm going on a walk with her and chatting while we're taking in the daily life of people and places around us. Her images are a gift to me."
27th May, 2005
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Caféine says:
"Julie, j’aime ton dynamisme.
Ton regard tendre, et ta présence.
Merci Julie pour cette leçon de vie"2nd May, 2005
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Barrybar says:
"Julie70 celebrates her age as she celebrates life and the living of it. She’s a role-model, though I doubt she realizes it, to people of all ages who desire to lead full and active lives of learning and doing. Just past 70, Julie has more than 1,350 pictures on Flickr, all of which pay tribute to the art of photography, which prompted me to ask her if she were related to the famous Hungarian photographer, Andre Kertesz.
In addition, Julie70 administers the group, People Reading and maintains not one, but two blogs, Il y a de la vie après 70 ans and a journal Histoire d'une stage (1) which addresses her life since age 10. Makes me want to learn French just to read it, though I suspect a very painful experience during the era of the Nazis, then the Communists.
Julie70 exhibits a spirit that belies her age, as we tend to think of people in their 70’s, and I marvel at her enthusiasm, the way in which she relishes meeting strangers and sharing her enthusiasm with them. I will be 67 on 11 May, and when I grow up I want to be just like Julie Kertesz."30th April, 2005











