The Troubles 1970s and 1980s Northern Ireland… from my archive #35mmfilm #documentary #photography #Ireland

Tonight I’m painstakingly going through my archive and filing my negatives. For anyone interested in documentary photography. Derry 1981… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #documentary #photography #35mm #nikon #leica #Derry #Ireland

Workers at a slate quarry in the West or Ireland 1980s… from my old negatives #photography #documentary #35mm #ireland

When I was 18 and used travel the country with camera, on my motorcycle, shooting pictures that led to a 50 year career in photojournalism and still at it… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland

Seems like yesterday but today 53 years ago I received a letter confirming my appointment as staff photographer with the biggest newspaper group in Ireland. Five Olympic games World Cups politics war famine chaos and every day life. I’ve learnt a lot and still learning…the power of photography #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #belfast #Ireland

When you reach your 70s and have the opportunity to look back on your work which covers both good and bad times… Belfast 1977 from my old negatives #35mm #photography #Belfast #Ireland

Pop into Studio 10 Wicklow street Dublin to see a celebration of Phil Lynott his life and his music…exhibition open until Sunday #lynott #thinlizzy #Dublin #Ireland @studio10dublin @musictowndublin

Derry 1981… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #documentary #photography #ireland

For anyone interested in photography here’s my contact sheet from the darkroom with some of my negatives of U2 in Croke park Dublin 1987… #35mmfilm #photography #U2 #Bono #Ireland

U2 at Croke park Dublin 1987… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #U2 #Bono #Dublin #Ireland

Belfast 1970s… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #Belfast #documentary #photography #Ireland

Rural Ireland 1980s… #35mmfilm #kodak #Ireland #documentary #photography

Rural Ireland 1972… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #kodak #documentary #photography #Ireland

Dublin City in the early 1970s…hard to believe it’s over half a century ago #photography #documentary #dublin #Ireland

Just doing a bit of work here in France on my archive of The Troubles in 1970 and 1980… #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #visapourlimage #ireland

Today’s picture from Perpignan at Visa pour l'Image, the largest international photojournalism festival in the world. Exhibitions, discussions and screenings over a two week period… #photography #documentary #visapourlimage

Wonderful to bump into the great French photographer Raymond Depardon at his exhibition here at Visa pour l’image in Perpignan. Amazing work over the decades and having collected his books for years, to now meet him and see his prints first hand is a privilege… @Visapourlimage #documentary #photography #visapourlimage

Heading to the South of France to attend Visa pour l'Image, the largest international photojournalism festival in the world. Exhibitions, discussions and screenings make up pro week, and we might even squeeze in a beer here in Perpignan #perpignan #photography #documentary 🎞📷

Dublin City 1980s… from my old negatives #35mm #35mmfilm #photography #Dublin #Ireland

Wonderful exhibition of portraits by the great photographer Jane Bown who worked for The Observer newspaper from 1949 and currently on view at the EU buildings in Dublin…