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Quantity Is Killing Us
I may have said this before – Lord knows original thought is hard enough to come by, particularly within the confines of my own mind – but photography is suffering a bit of a malaise because there is so much … Continue reading
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IPPA National Photographic Awards 2011 – Best Pictorial/Travel Portfolio
I love projects, both short-term and long-term. Short-term for me can be as short as a couple of hours. Long-term about a year. For other documentary photographers, a year is barely scratching the surface. It’s all relative to the individual, … Continue reading
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Standard Issue
Back home from a short trip to the motherland, I’m reflecting on the photographs I took while I was away. Mostly, they were for fun. On two occasions I got serious: the photographs of my brother at work, and a … Continue reading
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Focus on Friday – Peter Cox
Unlike the previous Focus on Friday photographers, I’ve actually met Peter Cox. Several times, in fact. You might ask why, apart from being a good friend, I’ve selected a landscape photographer to appear on a blog given over mostly to … Continue reading
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2009 “Professional Photographer” Magazine Awards
The last day of 2009 brought a nice surprise. While shopping for a suit, I found a copy of the January 2010 issue of Professional Photographer magazine with the results of its 2009 awards. I knew I’d been shortlisted in … Continue reading
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My Immortal Grand Parents
My mother recently showed me a scrapbook. It contained postcards and photographs of England assembled by my Dutch grandfather from 1966 to 1977. There is a photograph of him and my Dutch grandmother at the entrance of Westminster Abbey. There … Continue reading
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Sandra & Eric
Each year, there are one or two wedding venues that reoccur in my diary more than most. This year, it was The Rectory in Glandore. I also photographed regularly at the Roman Catholic church in Glandore this year, a venue … Continue reading
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Gooey
I’ve done quite a bit of food-related work in the past, and it’s something I enjoy. It’s also a business sector well suited to the documentary approach. I’ve just added a gallery to the new website featuring photographs taken at … Continue reading
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Homer and Me
Sometimes I feel like Homer Simpson. Not just because I could stand to lose a few pounds, enjoy bacon and drink beer, but because I sometimes do silly things. Not intentionally. They just creep up on me in moments of … Continue reading
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Come Rain Or … More Rain
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Ireland has had a rotten week. It hosed down out of the heavens pretty much 24/7 every day this week. Monsoon-like. Or in the Cork vernacular: monsoon, like. And there … Continue reading
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