Writing
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Nakwakto – Where Cool Waters Race
October 27, 2024
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With Photographs by Nigel Motyer
‘In these northern waters, time is measured differently. Not by clocks or calendars, but by the eternal rhythm of tides. The First Nations peoples of these shores understood this - how the waters would surge and retreat, how they would tremble the very foundations of…
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AC/DC at the RDS Dublin 1982: A Night to Remember
October 22, 2024
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It was 1982, and I found myself at the RDS in Dublin for what would become an iconic rock concert — though I wasn’t entirely aware of it then. My primary reason for being there wasn’t as much for the legendary AC/DC as it was to look after my younger…
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Threshold Keepers: Dawn Light on Ancient Stone
October 15, 2024
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It was harder to find the way in the dark. I knew the route because I had seen it during the day, but now, in the predawn twilight, it felt different. The first part was easy—a satisfying crunch of hiking boots on gravel, lit only by the beam of my…
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Rediscovering the Art of Analogue Photography
July 24, 2024
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Pegmatites, Oslofjord. Chamonix 4x5, 90mm, Ilford Delta 100, Orange filter.
In 2018, after a six-year interval of working exclusively with digital photography, I returned to the analogue instruments and materials that have been a cornerstone of my artistic practice since the late 1970s. This transition marked a significant shift in…
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Book Review Irish Examiner
December 21, 2023
Book reviews: Irish Examiner: Three stand-outs in a stellar year of releases
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Alannah Hopkin selects her books of the year, among them Mary Morrisy’s ‘Penelope Unbound’; a large format photo book of Kinsale, and the immensely readable Booker Prize winner, ‘Prophet Song’
Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 - 14:00
Mary Morrissy…