Tag Archives: Black and White

Matthias Kill Matthias Kill speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.

Jeff Nolan Jeff Nolan speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.

Jacques-Etienne Grandjean Jacques-Etienne Grandjean speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference. Tom Raftery blogged about his talk and while he's right that no search competitors of Microsoft were mentioned, he did say that search isn't very sticky. I'm sure he's hoping that people will abandon Google and jump on board MS Live.

Eddie Hobbs, Conor Kenny and Hugh MacLeod speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference. Tom Raftery covers Eddie Hobbs' talk on property, energy and investment.

Looming over the building site A tall crane looms over the building site of The Elysian, a new high-rise building that will house offices, apartments, a shopping center and underground parking. The main tower of the new building will be 17 storeys high, taller than anything else in the city. Over a year ago I...

O'Flynn's Butchers on Marlboro Street. O'Flynn's Butchers on Marlboro St. Cork is a very popular butchers serving high quality meat with a friendly smile. We rang in our order early because we knew the place would be bare by the time we go in! Here are the staff posing for my camera, there's a huge...

Look through the bars at Alcatraz Looking down a closed off corridor or street in Alcatraz Prison, San Francisco. I watched a few minutes of "Escape From Alcatraz" last night and recognised a few locations - the canteen of course, and the ventilation shafts behind the cells are visible to anyone who looks. I wonder...

The real prisoners of Alcatraz Prisoners of Alcatraz mill about in a daze. The special headsets they wear are mind controlling devices that cause people to stare listlessly into space. They control the actions of people, causing them to walk around the prison, peering into cells and to gaze at features of the streets. I've...

Seaside Bubbles Bubbles in the incoming tide break on the sandy beach at Garretstown about a month ago. I turned this black and white because I love the abstract feel to the bubbles and it makes the grain of the sand beneath more visible. I had to jump up to avoid getting splashed moments later...

Wait to cross Please wait until the green man shows before crossing the street. I love the shadows on the ground cast by the sun! Shot on St. Patrick's Bridge, Cork.

Checking the prisoner "I'm so tired. They've had me locked up here for years. I'm in solitary confinement for my sins. I was set up I tell you! It wasn't me!" A tourist looks in on a cell in Alcatraz in the solitary confinement wing. Luckily I was able to walk out immediately. Not a...

Looking onto Freedom A young woman talks on her mobile phone while looking out a barred window in Alcatraz Prison, San Francisco. Walking through the prison was quite an experience, especially as tourists like myself took photos and listened to the audio tour while wandering. It was easy to imagine how awful incarceration must be...