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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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news Segment for Euronews
I shot and edited this segment for Euronews, featuring journalist Shona Murray, alongside Eamon Murphy and Dan Dalton. Featuring an interview with the new Taoiseach Simon Harris on Ireland’s historic acknowledgement of the state of Palestine. Read more
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Helios 44/2 58mm f2
Recently picked up a new lens from the lovely people at Retro Foto House. I’ve actually owned another copy of this lens, which somehow was lost or hidden in an attic during our many moves between Dublin and Berlin. It’s a classic Russian lens, declicked and cine-modded by Roman at Retro. And what a lens,… Read more
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Dead Medium, Audio Archeology
I’m reliably informed Trinity FM launched 25 years ago. Which must mean it’s 21 years since I walked through the arch into front square. I remember the riotous menu of society stalls and how intimidated I was facing them. Toddling around a mad buffet of potential futures and wishing I knew anyone. As an ancient… Read more
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The Purpose Of A System Is What It Does
“The purpose of a system is what it does”– Stafford Beer “If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.”– Phil Zimmerman The proximate motivation of AI driven companies like Claude, Open AI, and Google is disruption: Silicon Valley slang for bankrupting incumbents by creating software platforms and skirting the law. Classically, this has played… Read more
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Chaotic Thoughts About Order
“The law demands that we atoneWhen we take things we do not ownBut leaves the lords and ladies fineWho take things that are yours and mine.” Anonymous (17th century) “Moloch whose love is endless oil and stone! Moloch whose soul is electricity and banks! Moloch whose poverty is the spectre of genius! Moloch whose fate… Read more
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Love Will Come Rushing
New music video for the lovely Leila Jane. Directed by myself, shot by the best cam-op in the business Ismael Diarra. Read more
