…well, it was when I took these photographs during Act VIII. There was an escalation of violence last week, but so far today’s protests (Act IXX) have been a lot calmer. A lot of people here feel it’s time to give it a rest, and XX is such a nice round number…
30 Hours in Dublin
A quick visit, but I was able to see something I often pine for when I’m in Paris.
I also got to pick up the Irish edition of Nicole Flattery’s new book, which I’m really looking forward to reading. Nicole is a brilliant, seriously funny writer. I met her shortly after arriving in Paris, and we did some portraits in the Centre Culturel Irlandais that have become her author pictures.
There’s another portrait of her in the ‘Writers’ gallery which is being used as the author picture in the UK edition of the book. It’s out today - highly recommended.
Happiness, a day late*
Better than no happiness at all...
*yesterday was the International Day of Happiness.
Cuban Love Songs
One of the photographs from a piece I did on Havana for the Irish Times is being used in this forthcoming anthology of Cuban poetry, designed by my sister’s company Kate Horgan Bespoke Books.
The rest of the Havana pictures and the article can be seen here.
HCB
“You just have to live and life will give you pictures” - Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Blue blue electric blue
I shot this portrait of Ali, a friend’s daughter, while working in Sri Lanka. I like it so much I made it part of my entry to this year’s lensculture portrait awards. Sometimes the simplest portraits are the best.
Saturday Afternoon, Canal St. Martin
It was cold, half-overcast, but still good to be beside a body of water.
Cold War
Adrian Wojtas, a very talented photographer (and my former assistant) was in Paris for a few days, and we shot some portraits that ended up reminding me of images from Cold War.
Portraits of Anthony Palliser, painter.
Portraits of Anthony Palliser for his forthcoming memoir. Anthony has lived and worked in Paris since 1970, and his work can be seen here.
Behind the scenes with the Gloaming
After shooting the Gloaming ahead of their show in the beautiful Théâtre de l'Athéné, I stayed on to get some informal portraits during the rehearsal.
The Gloaming, Théâtre de l'Athéné, Paris.
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh.
Iarla Ó Lionáird.
Thomas Bartlett, aka Doveman.
Caoimhín’s socks.