Fall Colours in New England

Taken while I was shooting around Boston for Cara magazine last week.

Paris Street Art, Part Two

September Windows

Portimao, September 21st 2017

Paris, September 20th 2019

Paris, September 25th 2018

Paris, September 25th 2018

Portrait of a QRGP*

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Did a few headshots of model Paul Kerr after working on a shoot last week in Dublin. He’s dead on and great to work with - check out his model page here.

*Quite Ridiculously Good-looking Person

Antwerp for Cara magazine

Belgian beauty in this month’s Cara magazine.

Arles

The rencontres de la photographie in Arles

SHOT / REVERSE SHOT

I had a great time photographing actor/singer/ budding photographer Nicky Kavanagh, even when she turned it back onto me.

Bendy Joy

The Celtic Woodlands Yoga Festival, taking place this weekend in Townley Hall, County Louth.

Phantom Islands

Rouzbeh Rashidi and Jann Clavadetscher filming on Inis Mór, August 2017.

Rouzbeh Rashidi and Jann Clavadetscher filming on Inis Mór, August 2017.

I’m very proud to have been a producer on Rouzbeh Rashidi's experimental feature film “Phantom Islands” and am very glad to share that it is now available on video on demand to stream or download. The film is like a beautiful, disturbing dream about travelling to the islands of Ireland, and it went on to be screened at over thirty festivals and cinemas all around the world.

To watch Phantom Islands, please visit here: https://bit.ly/2tHeH0w

That’s me on the right, on top of the Black Fort.

The First Irish Gay Song

The Radiators photographed in the Dublin docklands in 1989. L-R Pete Holidai, Mark Megaray, Philip Chevron and Jimmy Crashe.

The Radiators photographed in the Dublin docklands in 1989. L-R Pete Holidai, Mark Megaray, Philip Chevron and Jimmy Crashe.

“Under Clery’s Clock” was Ireland’s first openly gay-themed song. It was written by Philip Chevron, the lead singer and guitarist with Ireland’s greatest unsung punk band, The Radiators from Space.

I loved their album “Ghostown”, but only got to see them play once before they broke up in 1981 and Philip moved to London, later joining the Pogues. They reformed briefly in the late ‘80’s to play an Aids benefit in Dublin (I was there) and to record the song. Steve Averill* (a.k.a Steve Rapid - the band’s original singer, and the first person to hire me as a photographer) was designing the single cover and we found a crumbling warehouse down the docks for a location. Though I’d worked with many bands by then, I was particularly thrilled to be shooting the Radiators.

Cover shot for the re-issue of “Ghostown”. You can see the rain in the background.

“Under Clery’s Clock”, described as “an exquisitely haunting lament about two teenage boys who arrange a rendezvous under the Dublin landmark of the title” was a coming out for Philip as well. Sadly he died in 2013, but I think part of his spirit will be back on the Dublin streets later today as the biggest ever Pride march passes Clery’s clock on O’Connell Street.

*Steve is currently posting a great series of pictures and stories of the early Dublin rock scene on his Instagram.

Mellow Tonics

I had great fun photographing the Mellow Tonics choir rehearsing and performing in the beautiful chapel of the Centre Culturel Irlandais - they do a fantastic version of The Stunning’s “Brewing Up A Storm”.

You can see more portraits of performers in this gallery.

CHAUD CHAUD CHAUD

How Paris feels at the moment.

Chilis drying on my balcony

Cooling off in Place de la République

Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park

San Fernando Valley

San Fernando Valley

The chaud must go on...very much looking forward to this weekend’s shoot in relatively balmy Antwerp for Cara Magazine .

Intimacy

So much of what makes a good portrait comes from a feeling of intimacy between photographer and subject. I didn’t have to try very hard with these two old friends, just turned away for a moment to load the camera and when I turned back they were naked. I love the passion in the picture.