ROSEMARY MAC CABE

This feels a little Dooce of me; I took this photo using the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone. I love the Hipstamatic app . . . and I love this photo. I love the fact that, in a built up area in Dublin 7, there’s a little rose garden with a bench in it. Thousands [...]

There are moments in life when everything seems to be on course; everything is right, everything is clear. And there are other moments, when a single decision throws everything off-kilter and you’re back. Back to square zero, back to ground zero, back to a confusion that you don’t think should exist any more. I had [...]

Via Blanaid I don’t think there are perfect moments for anything. I don’t think there are rights or wrongs; I don’t plan on doing X or Y, although I don’t just “let things happen”. I believe in taking chances, in taking leaps, in making choices. The right choices? Who knows. So this is for you; [...]

First blogged on June 21st, 2008 We came in our droves, early this morning (2.30am, to be precise) and . . . we waited. Despite the slight odour of sewage (this is Dublin’s docks and there is a sewage treatment plant there so, while disgusting, this was not surprising), the ominous-looking rainclouds and the possibility [...]

Sometimes you see images, or read stories, that make you realise how insignificant you are, in the grand scheme of things. These moments usually come as some sort of relief and, in my case, usually come at exactly the right moment. From NASA’s Flickr photostream, the most detailed true-colour image, to date, of planet Earth. [...]

I pitched an idea for a piece the other day, to one of my editors at work, on where the remnants of the Celtic Tiger have gone. The €500 cocktail in the Westin Hotel; €10,000 Balmain jeans; a €50 bottle of water. Are the rich still consuming without an awareness of risk, or have they [...]

All images via Ffffound So today I’m taking a break from normal programming: getting my hair did, then driving down to Roscommon to see S, back up here tomorrow morning, then welcoming the sister back from the Americas before launching myself into more and more work. Busy busy. I’ll try to get to my Sunday [...]

Via OnceWed (I don’t know why I subscribe to a wedding blog, okay? It shows beautiful photography. BEAUTIFUL! And lovely, happy American people with very white teeth. I just like it. Stop hassling me!) comes this beautiful shoot, by Brandon Patoc, of a young couple in vintage styleeeee. While I feel like vintage wedding photographs [...]

The last time I wrote about The Sartorialist, a discussion broke out in the comments about whether or not he’s bringing anything new to the scene; whether or not he matters, and how his aesthetic might limit his own work. I think it’s safe to say that this latest image will disabuse you all of [...]

Now you need wonder no longer. NASA has been photographing the planet’s surface using a high-resolution camera at super-fine resolutions, and the results are available here, along with detailed captions. For now, take a look at what could be amazing wallpapers, intricate paintings or beautiful marbles. Images via The Big Picture