Opening tonight at the Copper House Gallery from 6-8pm and running until June 30th. All images are for sale, with all proceeds going to the wonderful Pieta House.
Hopefully see you there!
Busárus
Built between 1947 and 1953, designed by Michael Scott, Busaras was the first major work of modern architecture in post-war Dublin. Influenced by le Corbusier and the early International Modern Style, its architectural significance was immediately recognized outside Ireland.
The building was designed to house a bus terminus and transport company offices; it also featured a small newsreel cinema to occupy travelers. Constructed of reinforced concrete with Portland stone cladding, Busaras remains one of the landmarks of modern architecture in Ireland.
I've always been a fan of the elegance and rational behind its design, especially when you consider the Ireland it was built in. It's a brave piece of architecture we should be proud of.
I am now armed with a Lee filter system to allow me do daytime long exposures. To say that I am excited by this development would be an understatement.
For those interested, this is a 10 second exposure with ISO-100 & f/3.5 in mid-day sunshine.
Darkness into Light - Part 2
I received a lovely letter this morning from Pieta House thanking me for the donation of €3,900 to the cause, raised from the proceeds of my last exhibition in the CHQ.
I was delighted with the response to the exhibition and all the support and encouragement shown to me at the time. I would like to once again thank everybody who came to say hello, bought a picture, a raffle ticket or helped in any way to get it all that together.
Good and all as that event was though, it still felt like it could have gone better. The chaos of the opening day really stung; poor Tex losing a finger and then the whole event being called off due to a gas leak in the area...leaving just one day to display the work.
The good folk over at Fire Printing, where I get all my photos printed, have been incredibly supportive. To make up for the loss of the opening night in the CHQ they have offered me the use of their beautiful exhibition space at the Copperhouse Gallery, just off Camden Street.
The exhibition opens this Thursday. 22nd June from 6-8pm, with a wine reception. Like the event in the CHQ we'll be having a raffle on the night with the chance to win a framed copy of a piece of your choice from the collection. As before all profits will be donated to Pieta House.
Hopefully see you there!
All images are No. 1 from a limitred edition of 10, A2 Giclée prints from the Copperhouse Gallery, Synge Street, with beautiful walnut frames and non-reflective glazing by Morris Deegan from Frame Foundry, Stoneybatter
Daytime
A mundane enough shot of one of my favourite buildings in the neighbourhood; the Lilliput Press.
It's what this shot represents that excites me though...
Over the last 9 months or so I have become fixated with long exposure photography. I have been out and about at night time, a few times a week, learning the techniques and refining my approach to photography in general.
Although I love the effects that night time long exposures provide, I have recently been longing to use the same processes during daytime...now I can. Over the weekend I invested in a filter system, by LEE, which now provides me with the ability to do exactly that.
The above shot is my first test with this new filter system. For those interested, It is a 20 second exposure, taken in incredibly intense sunshine, with ISO 100 and f/2.8.
I'm incredibly excited with the possibilities ahead.
When day is done
Looking towards Dun Laoghaire, from the 40 foot.
Co-Op
Mullagh, Co. Cavan.
Back when I was a kid this place was a hive of activity. Trucks, non-stop, coming and going with their consignments of grain. It was the main commercial entity in the village for many years.
I remember once when Larry Goodman landed his helicopter here, right in the yard. This was back in the early 80's...he was making shapes to buy the place at the time. Myself and my friend saw the helicopter coming in and ran up the town to see it land.
We must have known he was coming because we had pens and paper with us to try get his autograph. It was wintertime and my friend, in his excitement, slipped on slush on the ground as he ran towards the people exiting the helicopter. His forward momentum kept him sliding along the ground...stopping fortuteously at the feet of Larry Goodman himself.
He got up, brushed himself off as best he could, still covered head to toe in slush (and whatever else he slid through) and handed Goodman a drenched piece of paper to sign his autograph on...good times.
The co-op was never redeveloped during the Celtic tiger years. It has been derelict for many years now, left to decay at one of the main entry points into the town.
There are plans afoot, however, to build a new factory here...hopefully it will bring a welcome shot of new life and vitality back to the top of the town.
The Former Bank of Ireland headquarters on Dublin’s Lower Baggot, 1972-8 by R. Tallon of Scott Tallon Walker Architects, and recently refurbished by the same firm.
It is one of the rarest building types in Dublin; a beautiful contemporary office block. It certainly was designed with Miesian principles and philosophy, but calling it "Miesian Plaza" seems a bit like someone has pretensions of grandeur to me.
Maybe I'm wrong and the name is just giving fair credit to its influence. I wonder if they needed to get permission to use the name...
Miesian Plaza?
Chris Smither
I recently had the pleasure of seeing Chris Smither play in Whelan's...a finer player & performer of songs straight from the heart you will not find. It'd do you good just listening to him...
Into Mullagh
From the creamery road.
Co. Cavan
Yellow hose
In Liam's cow shed. Mullagh, Co. Cavan
