All along the banks of the Grand Canal #1

February 10, 2021

6 February 2020

One of the (mostly) beneficial aspects of these interminable lockdowns has been the enforced periods of reflection. Lots of time to spend looking at old photographs and sometimes even making new ones.

In December 2019, back when we had no idea what was ahead of us, I moved into a house in South Dublin, just a few streets away from the Grand Canal.

This 128km long waterway became an outdoor lifeline as Covid-19 changed our world. I would walk and run the banks as our world shrunk, the length of my canal shrinking down to less than 10km. All the while I would take photographs, not documenting so much as reassuring, finding some stability in a world turned upside down.

Another Rainy Day

December 10, 2018

The weekend saw some wonderfully Irish weather roll in. I’m honestly mystified how this island hasn’t been washed away by the amount of rain that it gets.

Then again, after years of drought in Cape Town and facing the existential threat of running out of water, it becomes quite hard not to enjoy the rain.