A VIEW FROM THE HILLS

Its clear at this point that momentum is gathering around the Leaving Dublin project.
Over the last two weeks there has been a lot of publicity,heightened by a CBS news story and several online news stories and print media stories.
here are a list of some of these pieces
broad sheet.ie had a piece called The Exodus
the journal.ie had a piece highlighting the CBS piece
And diaspora.ie also had its own take on this project with a link to a youtube piece from my last post
photographers.ie also had a short piece about the CBS story
Later in the week I had a call from a Sunday Tribune photographer and talked to a very nice journalist John Downes he interviewed me and did a very good piece last Sunday.
Next Up is the Six One news(its here now 18.25 into the bulletin) with big thanks to their video journalist Philip Bromwell
and a few seconds in a piece by Saskia Dekkers re the new wave of Irish emigration on Dutch public television.
Considering this work is still in progress, and therefor has no P.R. machine behind it, one can only be amazed at the level of media coverage to date.
There is no doubt that the subject matter is very current, but even still I was aghast to be half way up a mountain on a shoot with two national T.V. cameras pointing at me.
Also we were ten people, a little more than usual for a shoot that usually needs about five.
Our sitter this time was the very patient and graceful Claire Ryan.we met at the foot of the hills at the Yellow house in Rathfarnham she was there with a friend Arni Haraldsson who joined us as we drove in convoy up Stocking lane towards the car park in Killakee.

Claire who has worked as a teacher and photographer has decided it is time to take herself out of town to try to specialise in photography. For that reason she is relocating to London a place where work in photography is plentiful even in these shaky financial times.
She says she is moving with a level of trepidation for what lies ahead but overall the feeling is one of excitement.

Heres to excitement Claire and I really hope you findinteresting work to do in London and continue to develop your photographic style!!
On the home front it is hard to comprehend the many twists and turns made over the last few weeks by our one and only Leader Brian Cowen. Now for some reason he is not even standing for re-election!!
AHHHH!!

No matter who takes over the ship after an election there is one sure thing. The view from the hills will still be the same,today, tomorrow ,and in five years time!
Big thanks again to Brian, Artur, and Hugh,for flawlessly lighting up this one.
Also big thanks to Phillip Bromwell for bringing the story to Six-one, And to Saskia and Peter to motivating all and sundry to get this together this week-end.
As always comments are appreciated as we need to keep our feet on the ground!
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Thanks
david