The French Soap Seller One of the stalls at the St. Patrick’s Festival Market sold perfumed soaps and other crafts. This French gentleman owned the stall and cheerfully told us that he’d be travelling the country until his stock ran out, at which point he’d return home and have to do household chores for his [...]
2006Sun26Mar
The French Soap Seller
Filed in Academy Street, Black and White, Cork, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, St Patrick's Festival, Street, Urban
2006Sat25Mar
Chocolate Lollies
Filed in Cork, Ireland, Market, Photos, St Patrick's Festival, Street, UrbanChocolate Lollies Who can resist chocolate? Feast your eyes on this stall at the St. Patrick’s Festival Cork!
2006Fri24Mar
A riot of colour from Peru
Filed in Academy Street, Cork, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, St Patrick's Festival, Stock, UrbanA riot of colour from Peru One of the more colourful stalls at the open air market during the St Patrick’s Festival in Cork!
2006Thu23Mar
The candle seller’s red hat
Filed in Candid, Cork, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, St Patrick's Festival, Street, UrbanThe candle seller’s red hat This man was selling scented candles on a small table in front of the Crawford Art Gallery. The sense of smell is one of our most primitive and releases memories and stirs emotions. He was doing a brisk trade. When I saw his woolly red hat I had to make [...]
2006Wed22Mar
Cork St Patrick’s Festival Market
Filed in Academy Street, Architecture, Black and White, Candid, Cork, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, St Patrick's Festival, Street, UrbanCork St Patrick’s Festival Market One side of Academy Street was taken up by a long line of stalls populated by an international host of sellers! There were biscuits and cakes from Brittany, soaps and wooden toys from France, clothes and trinkets from Peru and lots more. I took a few shots of this scene [...]
2006Sun15Jan
Look Mommy!
Filed in Candid, Cork, English Market, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, UrbanLook Mommy! At one of the butchers in the English Market a week ago. This butcher sells great honey collected from bees in Co. Cork! I spotted the joint of meat on the counter as I was leaving.
2005Thu29Dec
English Market Seller
Filed in Candid, Cork, English Market, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, UrbanEnglish Market Seller There’s a wonderful looking olive and spice stall in the English Market! Unfortunately it is always mobbed with customers making it difficult to capture a photo of it but I raised my camera into the air and shot this blind. The original is quite grainy as I used a high ISO of [...]
2005Thu22Dec
Christmas Goods For Sale
Filed in Black and White, Blackpool, Candid, Christmas, Cork, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, UrbanChristmas Goods For Sale At Blackpool shopping center there was a charity event for the Belarussian Orphanage Project. A band played inside and just inside the main doors they were selling Christmas cards and small gifts. Not sure if I should have left this as a colour image but I think as a character study [...]
