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Help Portrait Cork 2011

Paul O’Mahony and I have been involved with the Help Portrait movement for the past two years, organizing the event here in Cork in 2009 and 2010. Help Portrait is a wonderful initiative by US based photographer Jeremy Cowart that … Continue reading

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Help Portrait Cork Video Now Live

I got a wonderful email this morning from Paul O’Mahony with a link to the short film that Mike Lynch of AV3 produced of the Help Portrait Cork event last month. Can’t thank Mike enough.

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Help Portrait Heroines And Heroes

I’ll be honest with you, I had a tough Help Portrait Cork. Together with Eoin Mulligan and Tomas Tyner, I struggled over on the post-production desks due to some bad planning decisions (of my own making, I must admit) and … Continue reading

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Help Portrait Cork Photographer Roll Call

Help Portrait Earlier today, while waiting for Paul O’Mahony, the chief driver of Help Portrait here in Cork, I recorded an AudioBoo listing the photographers who have committed to helping us on Sunday. You can listen to it below. Since … Continue reading

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Help Portrait Cork

I’m not a good looking guy, so I don’t get my photograph taken often. Last week, though, I was a model in the publicity photograph that was shot to help Help Portrait Cork reach people in need through the press. … Continue reading

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Help Portrait Cork 2010 – Launch

Humbled. Proud. That is how I would describe myself after last night’s launch of Help Portrait Cork 2010 at the Clarion Hotel. Humbled by the number of people who turned up to pledge their support for the big day in … Continue reading

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Bid For Haiti – CorkFM Radio Interview

I’ve never given a live radio interview before. Consequently, much of my brain was engaged in a single task: preventing myself from saying “Fxxk” on air. I’m not really able to tell you what I said using the rest of … Continue reading

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Bid for Haiti

This is not one of my pictures: I do own it, however, and I love it. It was part-payment for a job I did many, many years ago when I was a freelance PR consultant in the UK. It is … Continue reading

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Cork Help Portrait Video Goes Live

Here it is. The Cork Help Portrait event video. Videographer Gerry MacBride is a hero. I’m blown away by this. Thank you so much Gerry.

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Help Portrait Round-Up

Sometimes I wish I were lazy. It would save me so much time. Today, though, I am going to be lazy work smart. Paul O’Mahony, who got Help Portrait started here in Cork, has done all the legwork and produced … Continue reading

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