Empire State

New York, February 2004: On my way back to Dublin, I stopped in New York… There had been a blizzard but the Empire State beckoned… Completed in 1931 in distinctive Art Deco style- its roof height at 381 meters (with antenna included 443.2m high)- it’s still one of the highest buildings on the planet- at number […]

Eye Contact

March, NZ, 2013: An excerpt by renowned New Zealand Art/Photography reviewer Peter Ireland, on my latest exhibition Stilled Life. Photography’s documentary tradition that Cunningham’s images add to has never been very fashionable in terms of art collecting, for pretty obvious reasons. Why tolerate a stone in your shoe when you can simply buy another pair? Documentary […]

A Bad Education

Wellington, NZ, March 2013: This former highschool was closed about 15 years ago… It’s still standing- just. The decay and vandalism that has occurred in the interim is astounding! It’s finally due for demolition soon- the land it stands on is to be developed into a retirement village …

Stilled Life

SmallWorks Gallery, Brisbane, Australia: Images of my show “Stilled Life”- on now in Brisbane. Smallworks is open Saturdays or via appointment. Daniel Clifford, owner and curator would love to show you around. “Stilled Life” closes on April 6th so don’t delay… You can contact Daniel here. All images courtesy of SmallWorks Gallery.

Spheres

Wellington, NZ, February 2013: Experimenting with light painting at an abandoned hillside gun emplacement- with the usual suspect, Dark Halide … We were shooting both digital and film- the later more successful… FujiFilm 645wi/Kodak Portra 400

TuTaHi

Whanganui, New Zealand, December 2012: A rural Maori chapel and burial ground near Wanganui…

Show

Apologies for no posts lately. I’ve been preparing for a new show at SmallWorks Gallery in Brisbane. The exhibition is entitled “Stilled Life” and comprises of two large scale works printed onto aluminium, plus six additional framed works on Canson archival fine art paper. If your in Brisbane or are going to be there be […]

In Gaol

Mount Crawford Prison, Wellington, NZ, Nov 2012: Mount Crawford (or Wellington prison) was closed in mid November 2012 after 85 years of operation. The jail on Miramar Peninsula was built by prisoners themselves in 1927, using concrete blocks made with sand from Wellington’s South Coast. The weekend after the closure, the Department of Corrections opened […]

Undisclosed #4

Wellington, New Zealand, Nov 2012.