People & Places: Hugh Hamill | Photography

Illuminated

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:46:30 GMT

A tree stands beneath a blue sky of summer, in the Irish midlands.

The Days Go On Forever

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:45:41 GMT

A single tree stands in a green field, in the flat Irish midlands.

Serenity

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:45:05 GMT

A mauve sunset reflected in the Corrib at Menlo, County Galway, Ireland.

Wave Watching

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:08:11 GMT

Two people look southwards from Keem Beach at the western end of Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland.

Keem Stones

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:04:13 GMT

Three rocks stand out from the hot sand of Keem Beach at the western end of Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland.

Up from Keem

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:09:47 GMT

Rocks in a stream lead upward from Keem Beach at the western end of Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland.

That Broken Sky

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:43:43 GMT

A glorious sunset over Diamond Hill is mirrored in the still waters of Kylemore Lough in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.

Western Sky

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:42:32 GMT

A glorious sunset over Diamond Hill is mirrored in the still waters of Kylemore Lough in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.

Moving at the Speed of Life

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:57:27 GMT

Commuters in the subway system of Prague, the Czech Republic appear to lean as they travel too quickly through life.

The Great Glow-Worm Hunt

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:56:21 GMT

A crowd of people appear to have captured a giant floating glow-worm in the Old Town Square of Prague, the Czech Republic.

The Birds

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:55:36 GMT

Birds fly around the transparent clock of The Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord, Prague, the Czech Republic.

Old Town Square

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:54:50 GMT

The Old Town Square in Prague, the Czech Republic.

It Comes For Us All

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:53:56 GMT

The Astronomical Clock in the Old Town Square in Prague, the Czech Republic.

Life is Good

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:53:13 GMT

Two soldiers stand on the bank of the Vltava and contemplate life in Prague, the Czech Republic.

Walk!

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:51:08 GMT

A narrow laneway controlled by a pedestrian light in Prague, the Czech Republic

Got the Time?

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:54:20 GMT

Two Swiss Guards check the time at the Vatican City.

Nimmo's Pier

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:22:28 GMT

A man stands silhouetted against the lights of Nimmo's Pier, Galway City, Ireland

Palazzo Vecchio

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:56:52 GMT

A view of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy from the Duomo.

Campanile di Giotto

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:55:10 GMT

The famous Campanile di Giotto bell tower of Florences Duomo.

Firenze

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:53:23 GMT

The distinctive orange roofs of Florence, Italy.

Fort de Savoie

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:59:56 GMT

The Fort de Savoie, Colmars les Alpes, south western France.

Overlooked

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:58:06 GMT

The Citadel of Entreveux, a medieval town in south western France overlooks a small street café.

Laneways

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:56:45 GMT

A lane in Entrevaux, a medieval town in France.

Entrevaux

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:55:34 GMT

The bridge and gate of Entrevaux, a preserved medieval town in the alps of south western France.

Les Enfants Morts Pour La Patrie

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:54:14 GMT

A monument to the fallen sons of Colmars les Alpes stands in this medieval village in the French Alps.

Alpine View

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:48:56 GMT

The bare rock of an mountain juts out above an alpine meadow in the Alpes Maritime, France.

Bonson

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:47:17 GMT

The French village of Bonson perches on a mountain top in the foothills of the French Alps, near Nice, France.

As The Shadow Rolls

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:54:00 GMT

A cloud rolls across the sky bringing shadow to the central plain of Counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly in Ireland.

Walling

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:52:49 GMT

A man builds a stone wall in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.

Skyward

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:52:41 GMT

The Round Tower at Kildare Cathedral juts into a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. Kildare Town, County Kildare, Ireland.

Scoil

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:52:34 GMT

An abandoned school in Connemara, between Moycullen and Barna, County Galway, Ireland.

Locked Fast...

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:52:25 GMT

Dreams fled away, this country bedroom, raw
With the touch of the dawn, wrapped in a minor peace,
Hears through an open window the garden draw
Long pitch black breaths, lay bare its apple trees,
Ripe pear trees, brambles, windfall-sweetened soil,
Exhale rough sweetness against the starry slates.
Nearer the river sleeps St. John's, all toil
Locked fast inside a dream with iron gates.

Domestic Autumn, like an animal
Long used to handling by those countrymen,
Rubs her kind hide against the bedroom wall
Sensing a fragrant child come back again
- Not this half-tolerated consciousness
That plants its grammar in her yielding weather
But that unspeaking daughter, growing less
Familiar where we fell asleep together.

Wakeful moth wings blunder near a chair,
Toss their light shell at the glass, and go
To inhabit the living starlight. Stranded hair
Stirs on still linen. It is as though
The black breathing that billows her sleep, her name,
Drugged under judgement, waned and - bearing daggers
And balances--down the lampless darkness they came,
Moving like women : Justice, Truth, such figures.

Another September by Thomas Kinsella

L'Eglise Sainte Anne

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:52:18 GMT

L'Eglise Sainte Anne towers over a medieval laneway in Montpellier, France.

Kildare Cathedral

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:51:28 GMT

Kildare Cathedral, Kildare Town, County Kildare, Ireland.

Hôtel du Palais

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:51:20 GMT

A woman smokes a cigarette in the window of the Hôtel du Palais, Montpellier, France.

Hanging Shoes

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:50:52 GMT

Shoes hang on a telephone wire in Galway City, Ireland.

Galway Cathedral

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:50:44 GMT

Galway Cathedral, Galway City, Ireland.

Colours Café

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:50:39 GMT

A colourful café beside L'Église Sainte Anne, Montpellier, France.

What's For Dinner?

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:49:40 GMT

A couple stand in Quay Street, Galway City, Ireland, look at a menu, while ignoring the crowds, and decide what to eat.

Look Before You Leap

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:49:14 GMT

A young couple regard the ancient exhortation to "Look before you Leap".

Derek

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:49:11 GMT

A chiaroscuro portrait of a smoking man.

a self portrait

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:49:08 GMT

An interpretation of "The Son of Man" by René Magritte.

Corrib Princess

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:47:36 GMT

The Corrib Princess floating restaurant cruises past Menlo Castle on the river Corrib, Galway City, County Galway, Ireland.

Moon Over Galway

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:47:29 GMT

A half moon peeps through the clouds over Galway City, County Galway, Ireland.

A Ghostly Castle

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:21:54 GMT

Menlo Castle in Galway City, County Galway, Ireland looks pale and haunted in this infra red image.

Alien Envoys

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:21:49 GMT

Two turbines from a wind farm near Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland stand ominously against a white sky, appearing as some alien apparatus of unknown purpose.

Convergence

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:21:45 GMT

The white lines of a road and an aircraft contrail appear to converge in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.

Fence the Sky

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:21:38 GMT

A wooden fence post and metal fence seem to enclose a big Connemera sky in County Galway, Ireland.

Little School

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:21:26 GMT

A road leads to a little disused school house in Connemara, between Barna and Moycullen, County Galway, Ireland.

Little Tree and the Heath

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:21:20 GMT

A small tree struggles to grow against the sweeping Connemara wind on this heath between Moycullen and Barna, County Galway, Ireland.

Old Schoolhouse

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:21:09 GMT

An old school house sits in a heath, under a blue summer sky, in Connemara; between Moycullen and Barna, County Galway, Ireland.

Rinville Park

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:21:01 GMT

A large pond surrounded by trees in Rinville Park, County Galway, Ireland.

The Road to The Sea

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:19:59 GMT

An infra red image of a road as it crawls down a hill towards the Atlantic Ocean near Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland.

Rock Pool

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:19:56 GMT

A rock pool located a few metres above the sea near the Coral Beach in Carraroe, County Galway, Ireland. Who knows how many creatures call it home?

Solitude

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:19:50 GMT

A stump stands defiant in swamp water in St. Fiachra's Garden, part of the Japanese Gardens in Kildare town, County Kildare, Ireland.

The Coral Beach

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:17:56 GMT

The Coral Beach in Carraroe, County Galway, Ireland on a sunny summers day. The artificial beach is made with imported coral, which can be sore on the feet!

Up The Road To School

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:17:47 GMT

What was once a short walk up the road to school has turned into a long drive for the local people who used to attend this now closed Connemara Schoolhouse in County Galway, Ireland.

Yield!

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:17:40 GMT

A triangular 'Yield!' sign stands out, silhouetted against the Connemara summer sky between Moycullen and Barna, County Galway, Ireland.

When the Work is Done

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:17:20 GMT

A boat sits perched on a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean near Clifden, County Galway, Ireland. It is enjoying the view in it's well earned retirement.

The Wheel in the Sky

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:17:03 GMT

An infra red picture of a wind turbine, part of a wind farm near Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland.

We've Come a Long Way

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:16:54 GMT

A road winds up a mountain from the flatlands on the eastern coast of Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands, belonging to Spain but situated in the Atlantic ocean, off the coast of Africa.

Mountains

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:16:48 GMT

Mounds of peat turf in a bog in Connemara mimic the larger Maamturk mountains in the background in County Galway, Ireland.

The Long Walk

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:14:47 GMT

The Long Walk, Galway City County Galway, Ireland.

Summer Holiday

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:14:37 GMT

Four bikes lie discarded by summer holiday makers at the Coral Beach, Carraroe, County Galway, Ireland.

Sailing at Rinville

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:14:14 GMT

A small catamaran stands out against the calm waters of the Atlantic, bathed in a yellow sunset in Galway Bay, near Rinville, County Galway, Ireland.

'Honorable Mention' - 'Sunny Days Are Here Again' competition, Midwest Photo Exchange

Powered by Air

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:13:07 GMT

A turbine from a wind farm near Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland generates green clean eco power.

Kilkee Rocks

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:12:56 GMT

Ancient rocks protrude from the waters of the Atlantic at Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland.

Flatlands

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:12:43 GMT

The flat plains of the Curragh of Kildare lie between Dunmurry Hill and Naas and Dublin to the East.

The Emerald Sea

hughwphamill@gmail.com (Hugh Hamill | Photography) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:12:36 GMT

An emerald green sea stands starkly out from the Connemara Mountains in County Galway, Ireland.