No. 15New York · Monday 31 August 2026Subscribe

…Where was I?

I take photos. I write stuff. I can't promise you'll learn anything.

From the sheet

Eight pictures off the contact sheet, from all seven series. The circled ones lead an essay.

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A dancer with long dark hair caught mid-movement low to the ground, trees behind her in Washington Square Park, New York, in black and white.ChoreiaPeople wading in the shallow sea off Portmarnock beach, Dublin, a wide flat shoreline under a grey sky.DúchasSmall figures seated at the foot of a towering dark building face, dwarfed against a pale, cloud-streaked New York sky.IsolocityRed Ferris wheel framed by bare cherry blossom branches against a clear blue skyMosaicA child pressing a hand to the window of a dark train carriage, faces looking out from within, Bucovina, Romania, in black and white.ObiceiA line of people silhouetted at the water's edge with arms raised, dramatic clouds and golden light behind, Miami Beach.ResacaVisitors wafting incense smoke from the great cauldron before the temple hall at Senso-ji, Tokyo, in black and white.ShizukesaA person lying alone on the grass in the grounds of Dublin Castle, a crowd gathered by the Gothic stone facade behind.Dúchas

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