“Between a gleam, a promise and a threat.”
– SJ Mannion
One of my favourite Howth way photos. It is a seascape photo of the Dublin Coast on a day trip to the Howth way. It is a beautiful walk which runs along the North Dublin coast from Sutton to Howth. The photo of the Martello Tower in Sutton was a couple of hours before a lovely winter sunset. The sun caught the rocks below me creating a greater sense of visual depth. Everything just fell in to place. It is also one of my most popular Howth Way photos.
– Enda Cavanagh
“A view askew. Alien.”
– SJ Mannion
A photo of Sandymount Strand on a beautiful but incredibly windy Spring day, captured on the Pigeon House Road in Ringsend, opposite Poolbeg Power Station. The wind driven sand danced across the road. It seemed more like the American Mid West. I imagined the rocks as some ancient Structures.
Sand in Motion, the Pigeon House was successfully exhibited in the prestigious RHA annual exhibition in 2009. It received single best image award in the landscape category in the 2010 IPPA/RSA Photographer of the year awards. Prime of Life edition set at 20. This is sold out. A couple of the Artist’s Choice Edition remain.
– Enda Cavanagh
“Fleet and fluid, our little lives, blur by.”
– SJ Mannion
The Half Moon Swimming Club House at sunset along the South Wall Pier in Ringsend in Dublin. The sunset photo was taken on a beautiful summer’s evening. The walk to the South Wall lighthouse is well worth a visit. When the sun sets on a nice day, it is a wonderful sight.
– Enda Cavanagh
“Small field, large perspective, diamond harbour.”
– SJ Mannion
Gurteen Beach is located near Roundstone, a beautiful coastal village in Connemara, County Galway in the West of Ireland. This sandy beach offers great views of the Atlantic Ocean. I love the quite unusual rounded rock formations on the beach. The light was quite contrasty which worked perfectly for black and white film.
– Enda Cavanagh
“A lonesome boat. Man.”
– SJ Mannion
A Dun Laoghaire photograph on the beautiful Dun Laoghaire Pier on a beautiful sunny morning in May. The Dublin sunrise photo reflects the peace and tranquility at that time of day. Although, you’ll always find someone, even at 6am. The pier is one of my favorite places in Dublin. There is a great sense of peace and escape as you walk out towards the Dun Laoghaire lighthouse, especially at this time of the morning.
– Enda Cavanagh
“Let’s go.”
– SJ Mannion
One of my favourite reasons to be a Photographer in Dun Laoghaire is because of the coast. In particular the Dun Laoghaire east pier. I took this photograph shortly after sunrise on the pier Pier. I was setting up my shot, when I heard 2 guys behind me walking on top of the wall. I hoped they would jump down in front of me, rather than behind me. I pretended I was not shooting and stood casually hoping they would get into frame. I was delighted when they did and quickly snapped a single shot. I wanted to get some movement which complimented the stillness of the scene.
– Enda Cavanagh
“Our little lives in external mechanism.”
– SJ Mannion
The pedestrian bridge at Blackrock Dart station draws your eye to the old abandoned Blackrock diving platform. I was on the on the Dart on the way home from a shoot. I was half asleep on the train and looked out. The sky was spectacular. I jumped out and set up my view camera on the bridge. The ghost like human form add a contrast to the static bridge. I love this view across Dublin Bay when traveling on the Dart. It’s one of the few times in where I seem to be able to think! Most of the Blackrock swimming Baths have since been demolished.
– Enda Cavanagh
“Mote. In the eye of a God.”
– SJ Mannion
A contemporary photo of Dublin, taken of the pedestrian bridge at Blackrock Dart station before sunset. The sky was spectacular. The rainbow only a few minutes. Just enough time to take the photo of the Dart Station. This was one of my first urban photos which took me in a new direction with my fine art work. Poolbeg Power Station is visible in the Background.
– Enda Cavanagh
“A contrast of form and purpose. A marriage of sorts.”
– SJ Mannion
One of two Dun Laoghaire Baths photos and part of a series of my Dublin Photos titled Duality. I noticed these rock formations one evening while peering over the wall. I love all the soft lines, forming a contrast to the linear formations of the Dun Laoghaire Baths and I used them to frame the shot.
– Enda Cavanagh
“The beginning; the watchtower, the path, the lowering sky, the limpid sea, the strewn rocks. Ulysses uncovered, written on the world.”
– SJ Mannion
Dramatic sunset Forty Foot photos captured in Summer. We are spoilt by the beautiful seascape of Sandycove. The famous James Joyce Martello Tower from Ulysses stands proud in the foreground.
– Enda Cavanagh
