In Photos dot Org » Boat http://inphotos.org no photoshopped images here Sun, 20 May 2012 11:43:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Sólfar, The Sun Voyager http://inphotos.org/2012/03/12/solfar-the-sun-voyager/ http://inphotos.org/2012/03/12/solfar-the-sun-voyager/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:48:30 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5764

This is a metal statue in Reykjavík of what looks like a Viking longboat but according to the Wikipedia page is in fact a “dreamboat”.

It is a common misunderstanding that Sun Voyager is a Viking ship. It is quite understandable that many tourists think like this when travelling in Iceland, the land of the sagas. Nonetheless, it should be stressed that this was not the original intention.

Jón Gunnar was himself very ill with leukaemia at the time that the full-scale Sun Voyager came to be constructed, and he died in April 1989, a year before it was placed in its present location. Some people have thus suggested that Jón Gunnar conceived the work during this period, at a time when he might have been preoccupied with death, and argued that Sun Voyager should be seen as a vessel that transports souls to the realm of death. While this is a nice idea and might be imagined to have some validity, it actually has little truth (at least from the point of view of the artist). As noted above, Sun Voyager was essentially envisaged as being a dreamboat, an ode to the sun symbolizing light and hope.

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The Celtic Fisher, out of Tralee, was docked in Dingle Harbour in early November.

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A trawler at the quay in Dingle, Co Kerry.

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Cunard, owner of the Queen Elizabeth 2 which docked in Cobh a few weeks ago.

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Hellmann’s Mayonnaise, the fisherman’s friend. Shot in Fountainstown, Co Cork.

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A solitary boat in the North Harbour, Cape Clear Island.

PS. Check out Jolt++, a new photoblog created by fellow Automatticer Michael Pick. Great photos, and I really like the Tumble theme. I wonder how I’d squeeze my adverts into such a theme?
PPS. My brother Donal was featured on the envelope of the first issue of new Irish stamps commemorating Irish pipers. If the day job ever fails, you can always try your hand at modelling!
PPPS. Server was down for several hours, sorry. VPS was upgraded to “Xen” and failed to reboot. I didn’t realise I could reboot it until a few minutes ago..

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Kinsale Co. Cork, last July.

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Lifeboats are dotted around the The Queen Elizabeth 2. They’re high up above some of the lower decks as far as I can remember and there are plenty of them. Hopefully won’t ever be needed.

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The remains of a boat lie in the water by Dunboy Castle in Co Cork, Ireland. We were there last March, only days before 3 young men were killed when their car went into the water.

As you may know, I’m in Colorado along with most of Automattic. You can check out photos taken by me and my colleagues. It’s a beautiful area, but the thin air at such a high altitude is playing havoc with my body: breathlessness, a racing heart while lying down, sinuses out of whack, the after effects of 3 drinks feels like a heavy night of boozing.

Budget Day today in Ireland. If I don’t catch the RTE coverage of it live I’ll watch Twitter and check the headlines after.

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The funnel of the Queen Elizabeth 2 looms over Cobh as seen from near the Commodore Hotel.

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