BEST DRESSED LADY PUNCHESTOWN

A few images from the Osprey Best Dressed Lady Competition at the Winter Festival at Punchestown which I photographed on Sunday 20th. The winner, Eibhilín Mhic Earraigh, moonlights, successfully, as a milliner to her friends. She's at http://www.facebook.com/eibhilin and @eibhilinmhic on twitter.

Hope & Renewal, The Finished Piece

Friday morning was wet & misty and there was no sign of Fink as I crossed over Francis Street on my way out to do pictures for Dublin People but he eventually showed up after the rain and by the time I was returning in the late afternoon he had pretty much finished his piece "Hope & Renewal". It's at the corner of Mark's Alley West and Francis Street. I'd like to do a time lapse piece with him making work. More anon, ciao for now...

City of Hope

I was tooing and froing from my parking space on Francis St today and met the street artist Fink (no relation to Barton, apparently) starting a new piece. I did a few pics and then had a little look through some older pics and I came across this one I made in Berlin last year.

Sunday Drive, Monument Valley, Utah.

I'm in Arizona at the minute and I spent the last few days up in Flagstaff from where I made a couple of trips, including one to Monument Valley. It features in several of John Ford's Westerns starting with Stage Coach (I think). Anyway, I took a 5" x 4" camera with me, hoping to capture magic hour in all its golden cinematic allure only to be frustrated by a stubborn hard Sou' Westerly. I go to the lab tomorrow....

Jesse Jackson

The Reverend Jesse Jackson in The Chapel in Trinity College Dublin, today, after he addressed the Historical Society. He then walked back to his hotel stopping to speak to people once or twice along the way.




He stopped at the bottom of Grafton Street to read what pavement artist Craig Wightman had written regarding life and homelessness. Craig is in transitional housing awaiting a permanent home.

Cimetiere, St. Pierre, La Réunion

Some images from a cemetery in St. Pierre, La Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean, between Madagascar and Mauritius.

Dylan Haskins, Independent Candidate

Dublin South East independent candidate, Dylan Haskins, launched his election campaign today at Andrews Lane, Dublin.

Veteran Socialist, Trinidad de la Cuba

The Cuban people seem to remain very loyal to the revolution even if they now feel frustrated and disaffected. I met this veteran of '59 in Trinidad de la Cuba. A contemporary of Castro, Guevara & Cienfuegos, he now survives by selling cigarettes, paintings & political pamphlets from his front parlour. Pictures on the wall show him in earlier times as a delegate to an international socialist congress.

Connemara Again

I'd just run the Connemara half marathon with my brother, Shane back in March '09. We came back via Roundstone and stopped off in O'Dowd's for some well earned fish'n'chips.

Pondering 2011

A picture I made in the Necropolis Cristobal Colón, Havana's main city cemetery, named after Christopher Columbus.

Africa Day, Iveagh Gardens 2010

The Solanke Brothers, Moyo (6), Nekan (21) and Diji (15), from Drogheda.

I covered Africa Day 2009 & 2010 for DHR Communications, it was great to photograph. I am currently reviewing images to be included on my website which is coming soon and will include a comprehensive Africa Day gallery.

Viking Place, Arbour Hill

It just caught my eye. I like the indications of how it is used by the community and its mute palate. I was rambling around the Arbour Hill area one afternoon last summer. My father was born around the corner on Malachi Rd.

New Year's Day 2011

I spent New Year's with friends in Oughterard, the gateway to The West. It's a special place, Connemara, God's own country. I'd like to spend more time there, photographing it more extensively. It is layered with history, fields of old potato drills can still be seen half way up mountain sides. These images are of Loughaunierin, just off the N59 between Oughterard and Maam Cross. The old Galway to Clifden railway line ran along the far shore of the lake.