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Tuesday night saw the the launch of a new book documenting Cork docklands: ‘The Last Days of Cork Docklands’ by Patrick Cummins.

Now Patrick is my brother-in-law (lets get that out early) but he’s been a professional photographer for over 20 years and I really like his work. He lives in Syndey but was in Cork for a year with his family last year and saw the opportunity to document this unique part of the city’s identity at a unique time in its history: plans for a multi-million euro regeneration have been published and whatever finally gets built the nature of the area (which has been in steady decline for some time) is set to change forever.

It’s a very worthy project but the photography stands on its own too. Patrick took the time to get to the heart of the area, the people of its past, its present and its future.

There’s not much more info on the publisher’s site, but there’s been a good bit of press coverage for the launch including some sample photos.

If you’re in a bookstore, take a look for yourself. Well worth €25

Welcome to my new blog!

When someone mentioned having a blog I thought ‘why bother?’. Then I thought about all the other stuff I do that isn’t on the site. In particular the many photographs I have of Cork city and county that I take, smile at and then file away. So why not use a blog to document those unique moments as I come across them on my work (and play) around Cork.

So to kick off, and to give an idea about the kind of thing I’m on about, here’s an image of the inside of Turner’s Cross Church taken a couple of weeks ago late one sunny winter’s afternoon.

I’ve been fascinated by Turner’s Cross church for a while. Whether or not you actually like it as a building it is remarkable. However photographing it is somewhat of a challenge because its so big and so heavily surrounded by other buildings. So you’re limited to ultra-wide angle lenses, the fisheye or cropped sections of the outer building.

You glimpse bits of it from a number of places around the area and when you end up flying into the airport over the city its the landmark I look for to get my bearings.

Anyway this particular evening I had the chance to go inside, the low sun through the stained glass was quite stunning…