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  • Does ipernity have any counter?

    No need to repeat the question. And it is not easy to accept the answer: maybe. Plus, I guess not. You add 34 photos of an event. Each of these photos are viewed between 57 and 90 times. So you have to have app. 74 views and ca. 2500 total. But your total view count was 20.xxx before and 20.xxx after. It is ridiculous and useless. I am using this "shop" as a showcase and mostly for special purposes, so it is not a crucial problem. And I am happy to pay to this shop at the corner and not to th…

  • What a wonderful world...

    Fire on streets. Teargas in lungs. Chemicals in water cannons. Police in downtown. Teargas cannisters and rubber bullets to the heads. 3 deads. More than 10 young people with lost eyes. Body at home, soul on streets. Watching the medical doctors being arrested because of helping the wounded. Listening the ambulance sirens. Smelling the teargas coming inside (it is everywhere). Leaves and insects on close-ups & macros. Mountains in colors. City scapes in B&W. Just joined the group Série Noire.

  • Photostream vs Exhibition

    No doubt: If you're making photos and want to show these to others, the internet is the most proper place and environment for this. And the common way is to have a photostream, say here. You can arrange how to show your work, build albums, put titles, explanations, add poetry or even music. You can get many compliments - and if you are lucky and your visitors have courage it is possible that you can get some constructive criticism too. It's fantastic! But what if you want to have a permanent e…

  • Intro...

    Hi! In my corner in Ipernity I have some photos which, I hope, are telling something. I am trying to tell stories with films, mostly. I make documentaries, shorts and experimentals. My name is Ümit Kivanç. I have a website about my films but this is mainly Turkish, there are only a few English pages: www.gecetreni.com . So: My non-Turkish/non-Kurdish (non-commercial) movies, English subtitled films, music videos and films without words can be found at: vimeo.com/channels/nighttrain . Or…