Monthly Archives for September 2012
Over every mountain there is a path
Hiking up Great Sugar Loaf. Photos from the top of the mountain coming soon. Camera: Kodak Retinette Film: Fujifilm CN 200 Location: Great Sugar Loaf, Co. Wicklow
Men, Loos And Number Twos
One year ago I was contacted by an English documentary maker asking permission to use one of my photos. Are you wondering which photo? The one of a toilet corridor! This is not a joke! He was making a short … Continue reading
Aughnanure Castle
One Sunday afternoon in June, while driving towards Galway, Roberto and I caught a glimpse of a brown sign (all tourist signs have a brown background in Ireland) saying “Something Castle”. A couple of seconds after we were turning back … Continue reading
Nice to meet you. I’m Autumn.
Tom: My name’s Tom. Girl at Interview: Nice to meet you. I’m Autumn. [Quote from 500 Days of Summer, 2009] These photos were taken on a perfect summer day in June. After that it’s been all a whirlwind so, please, … Continue reading
Dublin Bay, a true red rose
Dublin Bay is a true red rose and I love it because it’s far from being a washed out variety, it blooms in flushes and… it makes a marvellous photographic subject! Camera: Kodak Retinette Film: Fujifilm CN 200 Location: Powerscourt … Continue reading
The Gran Canal Way – Green Route
The Grand Canal begins in the East of Ireland, at the River Liffey in Grand Canal Dock in Dublin, and continues through to the River Shannon in the West. The canal was used for more than a century and a … Continue reading
Ladies and Gents, please meet Kodak Retinette
Kodak Retinette 022* is a 35mm camera made in Germany from 1954 to 1958. When, last Christmas, I took it out of its original leather case (isn’t the type, especially that R, fantastic?) the first thing I noticed was that … Continue reading
Aristocrats of taste
The tea ritual: such a precise repetition of the same gestures and the same tastes; accession to simple, authentic and refined sensations, a licence granted to all, at little cost, to become aristocrats of taste, because tea is the beverage … Continue reading