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Series taken on Inish Mor, Aran islands, County Galway, Ireland from the cliffs near Dun Aengus.
Inishmore is one of the Aran Islands and evan thou tourism has a strong hold on the island for its existence – there is a silence of space that holds the presence of the past.
Rough paths of the past – / – Center of the Island
The land is mapped by old stone walls – this is not a place of aesthetic beauty, it is a harsh land – but it has a spiritual feeling all of its own.
Fred was the human in the picture from Gothenburg in Sweden and here with us on the Aran Islands for Conor Farrell’s documentary shoot on employment opportunities for young people on the Islands, “An Charraig Thiar”, he was credited as “Shane McGowan”. Fred was a and most probably is a chef. / Bob and Janis are the dogs. Bon Marley and Janis Joplin. / Shot taken in 1993 on the Aran Island of “Inish Oirr” of the west coast of Galway. Behind the Fred, Bob and Janis is an upturned Currach the traditional fishing boat of the Islands.
...with Aran Islands
oil 10 by 12
My friend Andrew using another friend Paddy’s incredibly beautiful Leica digital camera. I want one and there is harm in wanting. / Portrait taken on the Aran Islands last September at the wonderful wedding of Ciaran & Olwen.
Again on the Aran Islands and Ciaran & Olwens wedding, where they opted for a Super8 film rather than a video of the ceremony. All the family and friends are delighted as it will be a wedding “video” a staggering three minutes in length. You could even watch that twice! It will also be silent. Hurrah! Andrew will most likely develop it himself at home in the bath.
They say that the married man outlives the single man by up to ten years, which for a ten year old is a lifetime. Here Ciaran makes the choice for a longer and happier life by marrying Olwen in a Celtic ceremony on the Island of Inís Mor off the west coast of Ireland.
Indeed he was too. A family friend of Ciaran and Olwen he walked the misty mile up to the ancient fort of Dun Aengus on the bleak clifftop of Inís Mor the biggest of the Irish Aran Islands beacuse it said so in the name, Mor meaning big, like. /
On the Aran Islands there stands this clifftop fort which Ciaran and Olwen decided would be a good loaction for their wedding. With spectucaular drops of over 100metres to the sea, no covered areas and a good thirty minute walk over broken ground from the nearest road it was a perfect spot on a lovely misty Irish Saturday evening.
Here Andrew awaits, patiently, the arrival of the bride at the Fort of Dun Aengus to shoot the wedding film on Super 8mm. Andrew is a filmmaker who handcrafts his pictures almost always shot on film rather than on digital he develops his own materials at home and later transfers it to digital for cutting and the addition of special effects. Some special effects such as scratches and dust, as the films are silent turn of the century recreations, are added by throwing the film negative onto the floor, in front of professional editors if at all possible, and dragging it up and down in the dust whilst asking colleagues to walk on the film to add some more damage. Some of his Films are: / “1902” / “The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish” / “Chronoscope” (yet to be released)
An American tourist sits on the Aran Island ferry waiting for the boat to load. His shoulder a testament to Irish weather.
Here Conor gives his best modeling skills for showing of this beautiful raincoat. To showcase the coat he’s not wearing any other clothes and a crowd of tourists have gathered behind him to create depth of field and to highlight our interest in this coat and not any of the coats that the tourists are wearing. With true dedication to his craft Conor went for the wet look for this shoot by taking a dip in the Atlantic.
Photoshop vectors (yay pen tool), with some effects. Arabic calligraphy, done to resemble a dancing woman (i would have liked to put that in spoiler tags; see who can see it without reading it). The words say: / و ماذا عنّي أنا؟ / أنا أحب. أنا أعشق. I’ve had some trouble translating it. It says: / What about me? / I love. I adore. The second part translates to “I love. I love.” when i run it through google translate. I looked for synonyms for love but I couldn’t find anything that fits perfectly and was just a single word. It’s the most romantic flavor of love, sensual, physical and heartfelt. Perfect. Original here. Original pencils: /
Photoshop vectors (yay pen tool), with some effects and a texture added. Arabic calligraphy, done to resemble a dancing woman (i would have liked to put that in spoiler tags; see who can see it without reading it). The words say: / و ماذا عنّي أنا؟ / أنا أحب. أنا أعشق. I’ve had some trouble translating it. It says: / What about me? / I love. I adore. The second part translates to “I love. I love.” when i run it through google translate. I looked for synonyms for love but I couldn’t find anything that fits perfectly and was just a single word. It’s the most romantic flavor of love, sensual, physical and heartfelt. Perfect. I also did a tshirt design of this (with a black background). Detail: / Original pencils: /
Artwork from Ireland. I came across this little old cottage in The Aran Islands off the coast of County Clare/ County Galway on the west coast of Ireland. I’m sure there was a pot of tea brewing on the stove there many many years ago. These tiny fields are dating from The Great Irish Famine of the 1840’s Ireland. That’s the sea in the background. Camera: Kodak DC265 (old digital dating from 1999 …only 1.5million pixels…hence the pixelated look of the image) / This image has been colour enhanced digitally for more dramatic effect. Featured on: RedBubble Homepage – on17th/18th March 2009. Featured in: Cottage Style – 13th March 2009. Featured in: Going Coastal – 15th March 2009. Featured in: The Beginner’s Corner – 17th May 2009. Featured in: Dirty Pretty Things – 29th November 2009.
Man wearing aran sweater at the Octagon Bar in the Clarence Hotel, Dublin.
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