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Submitted by Ciarán on Sat, 02/02/2008 - 00:00

Irish Blog Awards
How flattering that the photoblog has been (very long!) longlisted for the Irish Blog Awards photoblogs category. I'm not sure about how the nomination process works, and I think I have as much chance of making the shortlist as I have of becoming a Ireland's next top hairstyle model, but it's most gratifying nonetheless!

Anyway, the link gave me the opportunity to explore a whole load of Irish photoblogs I had never encountered before. As is obvious from my own blog I'm increasingly interested in digital manipulation. And there's plenty of that about. Check out the spectacular blogs Captures Light and Latchiko (who has a very technically impressive site by the way). Also, Skyroad and Darren Greene are amazing talents. Should they be shortlisted I shall be voting for one of them.

Honour and the Totalitarian Democratic State

Submitted by Ciarán on Mon, 19/11/2007 - 12:14

It's been a busy semester so far, but I've been posting photos galore to the photoblog. The latest photo comes with an unintentionally long discussion about the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC. I thought I'd divert you over there, you know, for the attention.

The Green Green Grass of Conamara

Submitted by isabel on Wed, 20/06/2007 - 16:44

An exhibition of early twentieth century photos has just opened in the City Museum in Galway. In 1913, a Parisian banker, Albert Kahn decided that a good course of action to promote world peace would be to make use of the new technologies in colour photography and send photographers all over the world to photograph different cultures. Two women, Marguerite Mespoulet and Madeleine Mignon-Alba arrived in Ireland and spent a number of weeks in Ireland. Unfortunately, Kahn's motives were not well-timed and the world was taken over by the Great War. However, the quality and depth of colour of the photos online are breath-taking (see in particular the photo of the curragh and shawl).

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