Director Neass Ni Chianain first encountered legendary Irish Poet Cathal O Searcaigh as a student in awe of him. Years later, the two are now friends and the poet invites her to accompany him on his annual three month visit to Nepal, which he considers his spiritual home. O Searcaigh, a middle aged openly gay man, … Continue reading
On November 4th 2008 the joyous news of Barack Obama’s historic victory being elected the 44th President of the US was tinged with great sadness for most gay men and women as on that same day as Californians, by a small majority, voted to overturn their State Supreme Court ruling that had permitted same sex … Continue reading
Say the name Bert Stern to anyone and they will immediately think of the legendary set of photographs he took of Marilyn Monroe in her last sitting just before her death. Behind closed doors without anyone else present he captured her beauty raw and natural in stunning iconic images which still takes one’s breath away … Continue reading
This deeply affectionate and totally disarming epilogue to the distinguished photo-journalist Tim Hetherington by Sebastian Junger his friend, colleague and co-director on the Oscar nominated ‘Restropo’ will have you reaching for your box of Kleenex. And quite rightly so. Aside from his inestimable body of work, this devilishly handsome tall rangy Brit ex public schoolboy … Continue reading
If most of us rummaged through our partner’s storage room to check out what old photos and videos you could dust off, I dare say the novelty would wear thin very quickly. However if you are the sound engineer Claudine Nougaret and your husband is the legendary veteran French cameraman Raymond Depardon then the years … Continue reading