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L' enfant sauvage - MarΓ© - Loyality Islands

Little Kanak Girl at natural beach of MarΓ© Island, Loyality Islands, New Caledonia. Black and White Portrait. The Kanak people are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific. The word ‘Kanak’ is derived from kanaka maoli, a hawaiian word which was applied indiscriminately by European explorers and missionaries in Oceania to any non-European Pacific islander. The population of MarΓ© Island (Île MarΓ©), a small 42 km long and 16 to 33 km wide island, is about 6900 people, of mainly Melanesian heritage, less than 2% of the population is of European ancestry. MarΓ© Island is a small raised coral atoll, a former atoll that has been lifted about 120 meters.

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111 Men Portraits from the years 2006-2016

New Saturday, New Portfolio Slideshow. After the Women Portrait Slideshow, now the new:
Oneeleven Men :: 111 Men Portraits Portfolio Slideshow from the years 2006-2016. Again a timemachine through a quick selection of portraits from the last decade…

If possible switch your youtube videos settings to the HD format, to get the best quality of the video, and to view it full screen in max. quality.


In case you missed the last Slideshow of female models, here is the link to the last post and video:
Onefourone Women, 141 Women Portraits

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141 Women Portraits from the years 2006-2016

Just released another portfolio slideshow video today. Onefourone Women, a selection of 141 female portraits from the last ten years between 2006 and 2016. Those photos were mostly shot on iStockalypse Events or organized Minilypses. The selection and creation of the video alone is some sort of timemachine through the last 10 years of shooting portraits. If possible switch youtube to the HD format, to get the best quality of the video, and to view it full screen.


I`d like to thank and credit all the organisers of the iStockalypse and Minilypse Events in the last ten years. Without all their work and help those shootings would never have happened!
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Teenage Girl Horseback Riding Equestrian Portrait

Young teenage girl in horseback riding outfit sitting on her beautiful dark brown horse. Horseback Riding Real People Portrait.

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Chinese Fisherman Li River
Chinese senior fisherman in traditional clothes floating on his wooden raft with two gray herons on the Li River in early morning fog during sunrise. Xing Ping, Yangshuo County, China.
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It feels like yesterday.
This morning I just realized, that I missed the ‘Mlenny Birthdate’ – 10 Years Mlenny on iStockphoto anniversary – by roughly 3 weeks. My first images got accepted on iStockphoto on the 31st August 2005.
A lot has changed in those 10 years, to the bad but also a lot to the good! The brand new ‘Microstock Business of 2005’ evolved and matured. In those ten years I literally met with hundreds or maybe even thousands of interesting people from all over the world to shoot together people, concepts, travel, landscapes and simply having fun together with like-minded people sharing the same craziness, passion and love for photography and travel. Many became good and close friends, independent how often and where we meet on our small planet! This is by far the greatest and best part of those ten years. So happy birthday to my Alter Ego: Mlenny. Cheers to the next 10 years and to all people and friends I met and will see soon again. I can`t wait for the next 10 years of travel and adventures.

The image below got accepted on iStockphoto exactly 10 years ago. ItΒ΄s from a snowmobile trip with friends in Lapland/Finland in the cold month of February 2005. Processed 16.9.2005 and uploaded Mid September 2005, it got accepted on 21st September 2005.

Snow Landscape in Lapland - Finland - Europe. Snowmobile Expedition through the Ice Cold Northern Europe in Winter. Snow Landscape in Lapland – Finland – Europe. Snowmobile Expedition through the Ice Cold Northern Europe in Winter.
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Even 10 years old, with the (from todays point of view) low MegaPixel of the original Canon 1D of 2005, I still like it. But even more: I fell back into memories of this 2005 trip by simply seeing it in my portfolio. Thanks iStock!