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#raincloud #belfast #morningview

Beautiful Portstewart Strand on the north coast of

Beautiful Portstewart Strand on the north coast of Northern Ireland. A jewel in the crown here. Amazing location for a great first night of @cherrysmythpoet new performance work filled with music, song, & poetry ‘If The River Is Hidden’ - with writer Craig Jordan-Baker and Eimear McGeown witty, soulful and incredibly perceptive. Dont miss the chance to go see the next performance at The London Irish Centre in November on Nov 24th 2022. 👏

#autumninnorthernireland #lakeside #shadows

#autumninnorthernireland #lakeside #shadows

This day 2 weeks this show will be opening. The Co

This day 2 weeks this show will be opening. The Count down is on 🫣 If you are in Belfast on the 6th of Oct why don’t you pop by to say hello. If not that night then pop in anytime until December. Lots of new and old work to see. 🙏 @bx_gallery

Northern Ireland and the west coast of Scotland ar

Northern Ireland and the west coast of Scotland are just 12 miles apart at the nearest point so it’s not surprising that there are so many connections between the people in this region; the family names, the accents, the words we use in our dialects, the music, the Gaelic, the same but different. My father’s people came over to Northern Ireland at some point in the last couple of hundred years but it would be impossible to trace through the records as they were not ‘noteworthy’ so are unlikely to appear. I know my great grandfathers name but cannot get any further back at this time. But you never know. From a DNA test I know my genes are 50/50 Scottish/irish but that probably could be said for most of the people in Ulster. The sea carried us over and back for centuries and in the case of the Maclean’s it’s impossible to say where they originated. But the islands of Mull and Tiree had there fair share for a long time. Territories where organised by the Clans and your people pledged allegiance to the most powerful clan or the one were you where more likely to survive. Food for thought. #mccleanterritory #westcoastofscotland #familyancestory

#takingthelongview

#takingthelongview

#brighteveninglight #onthetrain ✔️

#brighteveninglight #onthetrain ✔️

#welcometothehouseoffun

#welcometothehouseoffun

#beautifultrees

#beautifultrees

#arriving #belfastlough #onthetvscreen

#arriving #belfastlough #onthetvscreen

#allatsea #ripjlg

#allatsea #ripjlg

What a fab day with @erehwon_film working with fil

What a fab day with @erehwon_film working with film film! That’s 16mm for those in the know😉. The day just flew by. James, thanks for all your help. I really enjoyed working with you and can’t wait to get cracking on the material we shot. ☺️

#ourworldrightnow

#ourworldrightnow

Photographing elderly women, Belfast 1986. I’v

Photographing elderly women, Belfast 1986.

I’ve a deep fondness for older people and in particular older women. The ones I know and have known throughout my life became more characterful as they got older. When I worked as a care assistant in London in the early 90’s, one of the the women I worked for was called A.R.K. That’s what she called herself and liked to be referred to as A.R.K. The initials stood for Alma Royalton-Kisch and what a woman she was. I learnt a lot from her. Tough as nails and funny with it. I hope I get to be her age and still have my marbles. There will be some fun lol

A few more from Cuba 1990 negatives because of all

A few more from Cuba 1990 negatives because of all your lovely comments and your interest. 🤗

There are a lot of downsides to having smart phones but as an artist there are a lot of plus’s. To look at these photos 30 years ago I had to have access to a dark room to process and print them. I saw the images thumbnail size on a contact sheet, printed one or two and then left it. Now on my iphone, I photograph the negatives at the window or on a light box, take them into a photo app and invert them into a positive. From there I work with the contrast and the shadows etc to get the image clearer. It takes time but it allows me easy access to my archive of old negatives and to my memories. I’m seeing some of these images for the first time.

Cuba was so exotic for us 2 irish lasses. Everyone we met was kind and friendly, at least that’s how I remember it. Briege spoke Spanish and I smiled a lot. There was a lot of queuing for basic food stuffs etc as Russia had just begun its period of Perestroika and Cuba had to learn to become more self reliant. We didn’t see Castro IRL as they say now but we did see him on the TV screens in the cheap motels we stayed in while there. It was way too hot and we got bitten something rotten by mosquitoes. But there was no chance of malaria as Castro had a programme to eradicate the type of mosquito that carried malaria in the 1960’s. And there was music at every turn round. At least that’s how I remember it.

Ok, enough fun, back to work. Enjoy the photos.

🤗 #cuba #1990 #latinamerica

Looking back through my old negatives I find Cuba

Looking back through my old negatives I find Cuba 1990. My sister @briege.mcclean and I travelled there and stayed for 3 weeks in the September of that year, exactly 32 yrs ago! How could this be 32 yrs? Cuba had only recently opened up to foreign solo tourists so it was a very exciting time to be there. I remember feeling disappointed when I got back to London. After processing my film and viewing the contact sheet, I didn’t think the photographs were any ‘good’. Whatever my idea of ‘good’ was then I don’t know🙄! When I look at them today with fresh eyes I am just so happy that I had the opportunity to take the photographs in the first place. #personalarchive #32yearsago #cuba #cuba1990s #streetlife

Countdown starts to my solo show opening at Belfas

Countdown starts to my solo show opening at Belfast Exposed Gallery on Oct 6th. I’ll be posting some sneek peeks here over the coming weeks ahead so stayed tuned 🥳🤞#workingwitharchives #newwork #oldwork

#love #cancelled #redacted #graffiti #strippedtoth

#love #cancelled #redacted #graffiti #strippedtothevine

#walkthisway #cyclethisway #crossingbetweenhereand

#walkthisway #cyclethisway #crossingbetweenhereandthere

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