Re-imagined portrait of Klaus-Peter Simon (aka Kpisimon) with a Renaissance flair. Originally based on a photo he submitted himself on Wikimedia Commons. Credits to Google Gemini for helping to generate this recreation.

This came as a bit of a surprise to me as I was researching Hittite history. Looking through photos to help me learn as I'm more of a visual person, while sharing some of them in my Personal Research & Education section. Always giving credit whenever possible, like this upload of Twelve Hittite gods of the Underworld pointing back to the original source(s).

That's when I noticed the original photographer of the Hittite relief in question - Klaus-Peter Simon - had died in 2025. Quite sobering and saddening, but then I thought to snap out of my Hittite research grind and look at Kpisimon's other images. Very inspiring material which I may very well end up using later, but I also wanted to take the time to feature him again once more as a person since he is no longer with us. Hence the motivation behind creating this image, with the help of AI.

Thank you for making this world a better place Klaus-Peter Simon / Kpisimon 🙏