Information about Dean Thorpe
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Who is Dean Thorpe?
A photographer, a poet, a web designer, a charity worker, a disabled person, a married man and a Dad. Spare time?
whats that!
My real name is Dean Thorpe, I do go by a few nick names on various sites, but that is my real one.
Well I am:
Male (Well I was last time I checked).
I am in my late 30's, but with the mind of an 18 year old (ok maybe an 8 year old sometimes!), but seem to feel like a 80 year old!
I am very happily married (To a wonderful woman called Yolanda )
I have one daughter called Joanne (My sweet little pest)
My health
I am physically Disabled (But still fighting it!), I have been like that ever since being hit by a car when I was just
17. I do have a wheelchair, but very rarely use it, most days I can just about get around using my crutches and on
worse days I just normally stay in and rest my leg. Can I walk without crutches? Yes, most days I can! but only a few
feet before I would fall flat on my face or at least be in agony! 8o( On good days I can get around pretty well on the
crutches, but I do have many bad days when I can't even get out of the flat 8o(
I am a type 2 Diabetic (Too much sweet stuff when I was younger), it is type 2 Diabetes and its controlled by lots of tablets, plus one daily injection.
I have been diagnosed with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, so be nice to me! lol Its a bit like being manic depressive except my mood swings can be much more rapid!
I am an unpaid charity worker (It helps keep my mind occupied!)
Photography
I am a photographer and mad about photography (I do mostly digital these days, but I used to know my way around a
darkroom too). I have had my photos in loads of magazines (including one cover picture!) both here in the UK, plus
America and Poland!!! My photos have also been used by various newspapers, shown on TV and used on many web sites
both with and without my permission!
I have also done well in photography competitions, winning the Rother Homes Photographer of the year and getting a commendation in a national photography competition organised by BIAZA (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) and winning lots and lots of online competitions.
I do have quite a few photos on this site, but there is a much bigger selection of my photographic work on Flickr and the best way to see a selection of my most popular work is by using Flickriver.
Poetry
I am also getting quite well known for my poetry, they have been used all over the world for many very different reasons! One even got used as a song for an American musical version of the Stephen King book Misery! My poems are a good way of really getting to know the real me.
Dean Thorpe in Photos
Dean Thorpe at Disneyland Paris, posing with Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. Photo taken by my wife.
Dean Thorpe by Dean Thorpe, extreme wide angle shot taken at Rochester Cathedral.
Dean Thorpe doing his one of his jobs as a volunteer at Drusillas Park Zoo.
Dean Thorpe with Pudsey Bear! I got asked to be official photographer for the BBC South East part of BBC
Children In Need, held at Drusillas Park Zoo.
Dean Thorpe with holding one of the beautiful owls that they have at Knockhatch.
I have been known to wear "slightly" unusual outfits when I get the chance!
Please note: Some very immature little children have in the past been nasty to my daughter about some of these photos! I am very happily married man and only wear silly clothes for fun at fancy dress parties and other fun events. I do not dress like that all the time, so please get a life! I am proud to have these photos on here, they show that I don't take myself too seriously!!! 8o)
Dean Thorpe dressed as a punk
Dean Thorpe dressed as Shrek
Dean Thorpe dressed as a nurse
Dean Thorpe with pink ears on
Dean Thorpe in a home made black dress!
Art pictures of Dean Thorpe
Dean Thorpe! Self portrait, taken in the middle of the night, while in an extremely silly mood!
Dean Thorpe photo by Dean Thorpe! A self portrait to show my darker side!
Dean Thorpe photographed by Tim Stallion
A friend I met on Facebook asked me to help her out by posing for her group of art students a couple, definitely not the sort of thing I normally do, but it was actually quite fun seeing how other people see me. here are some of the pictures they did.
Dean Thorpe watercolour demonstration picture by Juliette Dodd.
Dean Thorpe art painted by Tricia
Dean Thorpe art drawn by Juliette
Another art picture of Dean Thorpe painted by Tricia
Dean Thorpe art drawn by Lilian
Dean Thorpe art drawn by ? (Sorry, I can't remember her
name! (swiss cheese brain) If you know, pleeeeease tell me)
More information about Dean Thorpe
I have an IQ of 145 8o) (Shows how little that's worth!). That's plenty high enough to join MENSA if I wanted to, but that sort of thing does not interest me. My thought on IQ tests
Bodyart page with tattoos and piercings I am very interested in Body art and have an ever increasing number of tattoos and piercings!
I am a person who posts from time to time on a few photography websites, normally under the names of Psyonic or Psyonicdreams. There are a few others out there using the name Psyonic that are nothing to do with me, so if you see a message from Psyonic on another web site, don't just presume its something to do with me!
I am a web designer (This whole site is hand coded HTML, created with a pretty basic text editor).
Anything else you want find out about me, please feel free to ask, I am a very open person!
How to contact Dean Thorpe
Email:
You can leave me a public message using the boxes at the bottom of every page or send me a private message using the Feedback form
I am on Facebook too, please add me to your friends list on there.
I also have MSN Messenger, but I rarely give that address out. If you really want to talk to me and only have MSN then email me a reason and I might tell you it.
I did use ICQ a long time go, but no longer use that, so please don't leave any messages on there as I won't get it.
I will try to reply to EVERY message I receive, but it might take a few days sometimes, if I have not replied after a week then please try again as I do sometimes have problems with my emails. If I don't respond then please try again in case I did not get it. So don't be shy and send me a message. I do welcome any feedback on the site and all of its contents as long as it is constructive, so if there is something you like please tell me, but also if there is something you hate then please still tell me, just be constructive about it. I.e. sending me a message saying "Your sites crap" helps nobody, but "Hi Dean, I think your sites crap because it needs more pictures of Hastings" would be much more useful and would help me fix the problem!
