Let it be

Gerard O'Neil, caught in action trying to photograph a bent arrow sign during a workshop with Rammy Narula in Dublin.

During a street photography workshop in Dublin with Rammy Narula, Greg Marsden (Rammy’s assistant) gave Gerard O’Neil and me a little challenge: take an interesting photo of this group of traffic cones and the damaged, graffitied sign. So I circled around, trying to frame something unusual, hoping someone dressed in red or black would walk…

The Maybe Spots

Trudy

In the city, I keep a mental list of places that hold potential — I call them “Maybe Spots“. They’re places I once passed by, where something almost happened, but didn’t: the light was off, there weren’t enough people, or the elements didn’t fall into place. It’s like the planets refused to align that day.…

Photographing What I See (and Sometimes What I Don’t)

Disparities

I don’t stage anything.I walk, I look, sometimes I wait. And when something strikes me, I press the shutter.Not always for a clear reason.Often because it moves me — or simply because I’m curious to see what it will look like as a photograph. The image above was taken shortly before Father’s Day.What I noticed…