Born : Dublin Influences : Punk D.I.Y. attitude , Henri Cartier-Bresson , Fergus Bourke , Robert Frank , William Eggleston , Picasso , Rothko , Bauhaus (design) , Sergio Leone , Martin Scorsese , The Face magazine , Charles Bukowski , Cormac McCarthy , Joy Division , The Clash , Patti Smith ... Faith : God is the creative force that creates beauty out of nothing. Mantra : Visual Art must capture those moments in life, that words can not describe . History : Inspired by the colour and DIY attitude of Punk, in the grey Dublin of the early 80s, fell in love with film photography. Fully self taught , I eked a living, working in bands, restaurants , building sites , before moving into Information Technology. The love affair with the lens got re-awakened with the advent of digital photography, following the purchase of an Nikon SLR camera in 2006 , and the obsession began. Since February 2007 i have been charting the daily lives of Dubliners of all different types, in their home environment, from Inner city Dublin and Ballymun to Blackrock and Finglas . Capturing unique people doing what they do, in their natural state, whether happy, sad , laughing, having fun ,mischievous or just getting by . Making the ordinary look special, and capturing something thats real, alive , hidden and different -- thats the aim ... My aim for the future is to divirsify outside Dublin, having already covered Limerick, Belfast and Asia, I now want to capture other wonders of the world. 2008 Winner of the TG4 Soiscéal Pháraic "Ireland in the 21st Century" Competition . 2008 Winner of the "Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures" Competition www.pix.ie Currently filming my first documentary on the wonder of the human Spirit, due for release sometime in 2012 ! Debut book "The final cry of the Celtic Tiger" (hardback only !) 42 images from my three years spent on the streets of urban Ireland (April 2007 - April 2010) Irish entertainment book "Dim the Lights, the Show must Start" 76 images from four years spent tracking entertainment throughout Ireland and beyond (April 2008 - December 2011) |