
on your wall
Dawn, the Fastnet Lighthouse, Co. Cork
Changed your mind? Send it back within 30 days for a full refund; you cover the return postage. If it arrives damaged or isn't right, I'll replace it or refund you, free. And it's guaranteed for life against fading.
I was standing on the balcony of the Fastnet Lighthouse, eighty metres above the Atlantic, before anyone else in the kitchen below had stirred. First visit out there. That stays with you.
The Fastnet sits twelve kilometres off the West Cork coast, the most southerly point of Ireland. You get there by helicopter, landing on that small orange helipad perched on the rock beside the stub of the original 1850s lighthouse. The old base and the 1904 tower standing side by side on a tiny outcrop of rock in open ocean. Getting out there at all requires cooperation from the Atlantic, which is not something you can count on.
Dawn was building slowly that morning. Pink and warm above the horizon, still cold and blue overhead. I set a long exposure and let the sea do its work. All that violent energy around the base of the rock smoothed into silk by the extended shutter. The cloud was moving fast, streaking across the frame. Cape Clear Island sat faintly on the horizon.
What I remember most is the quiet. The sound of the sea constant but muffled at that height. The helipad below, the ruin of the old light, the whole rock feeling impossibly small against the water surrounding it. Not a dramatic morning. Just everything exactly where it needed to be!
Read the story behind these photographs, from six or seven nights out on the Fastnet Rock.
We ship worldwide, and every print from Exhibition size up goes free to Ireland, the UK and Europe. Studio prints and books carry a small charge. You pay one delivery charge per order. If it includes a print from Exhibition size up, that rate covers everything in it. Outside Europe, each rate covers up to two prints from Exhibition size up, or up to four Studio prints and books. Larger orders pay the rate again for each further two large prints, or each further four smaller pieces.
- Studio prints & books: €10 Ireland, €20 UK and Europe, €30 US and Canada, €40 rest of the world
- Exhibition size and up: free to Ireland, the UK and Europe, €50 US and Canada, €100 rest of the world
Every parcel is tracked and insured, and the exact cost is shown at checkout before you pay.
We produce all our prints to order, so you can be sure you're getting the best quality work to hang on your wall. The estimated delivery date for your address is shown on each print's page: the time it takes to make the print, plus the courier's time to you.
We aim to get prints out as quickly as possible, so we would expect and hope that you would receive them earlier than the above timeframes. If you have a particular need to get a print quickly, please let us know in the order notes and we'll prioritize it for you, or you can email us at info@petercox.ie.
Prints are well-packaged and in the unlikely event that it arrives damaged, we'll send a replacement free of charge.
When your order ships, you'll receive an email with your tracking number.
Thanks for your trust, and we hope you get many years of enjoyment from your new print!































