What day is it?

I was working in Kiev recently and our hotel had those Willy Wonka style glass elevators. They didn't fly out through the ceiling, but they did have carpets which told you what day of the week it was! Every day at midnight on the dot the carpets were changed, amazing.

A Love Story....in Milk

If you ever doubted that you could get emotionally involved with a milk carton check out this new promo for 'Friends of the Earth'.

Directed and edited by the very talented all round good guy Danann Breathnach.

http://vimeo.com/23627164

Jamaica

I was lucky enough to travel to Jamaica last month for an advertising commission. An amazing country, great people and lovely rum! Despite the fact that everything gets done in Jamaican time, (slow & steady like a good reggae tune), following lots of hard work we were all really happy with the results.

I've already uploaded some images from the trip on to my website. Here are some more which didn't have space to live there. I concentrated on taking portraits of the people we met during pre production and on the shoots.

Gilbert

Ridley Gibbs, Fisherman

Orwell

Kemar Reid, Fisherman

Brendon

Mr Joseph, Groundskeeper

Roger Wilson, Weaver

Winston

Ricky

Richard Phoenix, Boom box man

Nordell Levin, Fruit seller

Mr Wilson, Security guard

Carlos, Traffic policeman

Cleaner, Port Royal fire station

Traffic policeman

Roy Brown, Fisherman

Snoop

Stall owner, Coronation market

Shopper, Coronation market

Fruit seller, Coronation market

Spectator

Fisherman

Poda's legs

Baggot Street Bridge

A selection of work from my ongoing project Baggot Street Bridge is currently on show at the Gallery of Photography, Temple Bar as part of it's Showcase Exhibition.

The project has been shortlisted for the Gallery of Photography Artist's Award. You can vote for the Showcase People's Award at the gallery and the exhibition will run until January 30th 2011.

Baggot Street Bridge is a long-term project that attempts to capture private emotions in a public setting.

It comprises a series of portraits of individuals caught in transit across Dublin’s Baggot Street Bridge. Shot from the four bases of the structure, subjects are seen in elevation on the crest of the bridge. The portraits are uncontrived and the subjects are, to the greatest degree possible, unwitting.

The bridge provides a constant and familiar place of anchorage, upon which a diversity of emotion is visible. It is through the juxtaposition of this typically crowded urban environment with the singularity of the individuals that Baggot Street Bridge finds the focus of its theme: the intrigue of impenetrable introspection.

Visible clues to the subjects’ everyday realties are intentionally avoided; their professions, destinations and more remaining unexplained; leaving the viewer open to query each untold story, and each personal emotion. These stories and these emotions are what we see and don’t see every day, with each of us acting intermittently as both subject and viewer.

Baggot Street Bridge, North

Baggot Street Bridge, East

Baggot Street Bridge, South

Baggot Street Bridge, West

UNICEF 'Believe in Zero' Campaign

I've been shooting portraits for UNICEF's 'Believe in Zero' campaign since September last year.

Some of my images have just gone up on buildings all across Dublin.

They are Big!

Website Spring clean

The good news is that my photography website has just been updated with new work and commissions.

The bad news is that some older work had to be taken off to make way for the new work.

But the good news is that these images have found a new home on my blog. Check out the last 3 posts. Enjoy!

Places

These are some images of places I've been that have caught my eye.