June 2009 Archives

Back in March, while Michael Jackson was in London announcing his "This Is It" comeback gigs, Newbridge Silverware somehow managed to get a major scoop. The Kildare based company held the World exclusive Michael Jackson auction preview at the Museum of Style Icons. Rumour had it that thousands of devoted fans would roll into town. Jackson himself would secretly jet across the Irish sea to take a final look at his precious things. We hoped. We waited. Jackson didn't show up of course, neither did his fans and the auction, scheduled to happen in LA at the end of April, didn't. 

I've been promising to make an experimental music video for Tim Hickey's track Recognise. He has an idea to make a story about the lives of ducks. In the meantime, I was listening to the song over the weekend as I was putting a few portraits away in a folder and in a moment, the two just seemed to connect so I put Portraits together. The mallards will just have to hold tight for a little longer.. 

This image was taken in Ethiopia in August 2008, while I was on a separate assignment and I was delighted when it was a winner in the People category of the  PPAI Photojournalism Awards which were held in Dublin in February 2009.