Kestrel of Bahji-Droichead na-hAislinge

Kestrel of Bahji is the first half of this site, which shows some of my photographs. I will add new ones regularly.

Droichead na h-Aislinge shows a sculpture I worked on for 25 years and for which I am seeking a site.

Some people love Nature and some industry. I love a combination of the two. This was taken in industrial Kawasaki, Japan. Unseen fish are swimming under the water, a solitary cat looks on, herons are flying above. I feel at peace and at home here. This photograph is a dream in the sense that it looking from the present world into the world of the spirit. I visited this spot many times over a two year period and took hundreds of photographs, mostly at night. It is a combination of two high resolution photographs, each over a minute exposure and from a slightly different vantage point. It won a Silver award on TIFA: /https://www.tokyofotoawards.jp/winners/social/2023/23-39635-23/

I made this photograph during a concert by the Japanese Kagurabue and Shinobue player, Sarah Akiyoshi. It won honourable mention in the 2023 Tokyo International Foto Awards competition. It was made during a live concert, not posed. I had to listen closely to the music to determine the right moment.

I was standing on a bridge, often shaken by passing trucks, in the loneliest part of Kawasaki. The smell of sulphur suffused the air, and the wind was blowing. What more could you ask for? After years of shooting in this spot I discovered that a small aperture renders lights at night like stars. A long exposure renders steam or smoke like a spectre and gives water an otherworldly quality. I used Neopan 100. I find it renders machines and industrial buildings beautifully at night and has no reciprocity factor.

Droichead na h-Aislinge

(Bridge of Dreams)

Nightingale

Bridge

East Tower

Celtic Flame Pillar

Anchorage