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Your Personality is Somewhat Rare (ISFP)

  

 

Your personality type is caring, peaceful, artistic, and calm.

 

Only about 7% of all people have your personality, including 8% of all women and 6% of all men

You are Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, and Perceiving.

 

How Rare Is Your Personality?

 

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INTERESTS:

Reading, (particularly Autobiographies and Biographies).

Using my (now ageing) Apple Macintosh computer

Getting to know and use my Canon G11

PHOTOSHOP: Learning and using for:

Self-designed graphics with some photographic element included

Creative imaging of my photographs (and those of other people - with their permission of course), both with eclectic subject matter.

Collecting and archiving quality images

Visiting major Art Galleries and Museums in my City of London UK and large public Parks and Gardens

Gardening

 

IMAGE ISOLATION and EXTRACTION (II and E)

In my work, I apply what I term II and E - Isolating and extracting a portion of an image, and re-presenting that part of the image as a singular focal point, using colour (or lack of) to further strengthen the image. I also enjoy re-editing Flickr Friends' images which I feel drawn to, to give a different perspective of that image. My gratitude to those Friends who have allowed me to do this.

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

There is no purposeful attempt on my part to claim ALL of the images in my Flickr Account as my own work; I do, however, take full credit for any of the enhancements I have achieved by applying various II and E processes.

 

If you see an image which is yours, and I have had difficulty in contacting you for permission to use, and you would like me to either remove it or give you credit for the original, please let me know.

   

FAVOURITE BOOKS / AUTHORS:

1. Telegram from Guernica - Nicholas Rankin (2003)

2. Picasso's War; - Russell Martin (2003)

3. Full Bloom - The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe - Hunter Drohojowska-Philip (2004)

4. Storming Heaven - LSD and the American Dream - Jay Stevens (1988)

5. Querelle of Brest - Jean Genet ( [1953] 1966)

 

FAVOURITE SAYINGS:

1. Champagne for my real friends - Real pain for my sham friends. ( Francis Bacon)

 

2. Assume nothing.

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Testimonials

Zealous Squirrel (deleted)

This must stop! Three hours were set aside to peruse the photostreams of my 23 new "contact-friends" on flickr. That entire time period (+10 minutes) has been spent here alone. I couldn't help myself. Such a delightful surprise! Not the hit 'n' miss experimentation of some self-consciously postmodernist kid that… Read more

This must stop! Three hours were set aside to peruse the photostreams of my 23 new "contact-friends" on flickr. That entire time period (+10 minutes) has been spent here alone. I couldn't help myself. Such a delightful surprise! Not the hit 'n' miss experimentation of some self-consciously postmodernist kid that the the front page suggested to me. Going directly to Leon's collections I found instead the oeuvre of a well-informed and well-seasoned craftsman (probably around my own age). Nothing need be said about Leon's proficiency of skill. Its immensity is obvious for anyone with eyes to see. It's this man's amazing originality, his lust for novelty and authenticity, that simply takes my breath away. Thank heavens for such a creative mind, such a creative spirit. Never was 3 hours better put to use.

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June 21, 2010

I have been in contact with leon for several years now, and his creativity never ceases to impress me. A thoughtful artist ! I am always looking forward to his next creation !

January 2, 2012
T. says:

Leon is a graphic sculptor ... He truly makes what he does - His own. We so admire and respect not only his talent but who he is as a person. ...And he's as sassy as he is sweet (hence the attitude;) Thanks so much, my friend - For being you and letting us be a part of your imagination. xox Terry & Marc

August 19, 2009

I once have written under one of Ammersmif's pictures "You make me dream" : and indeed, his world of sheer manhood, the strenght of his perfectly edited images, his great culture combined with a touch of poetry and innocence are a real delight, an invitation for another world. I never miss one of his work !

May 22, 2009
Premium Boundary (deleted)

A beautiful collection of images, selected and postedited by ammersmif. A must so see... and to enjoy! Juan

November 27, 2008
adamant cent (deleted)

Absolutely Fabulous !! Nice Work !! Thanks for all pics you create with your talent. Splendid collection.

August 13, 2008