
on your wall
Bray Head, Valentia, Kerry
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I first visited Valentia Island in 2009 and I've been going back ever since. Some places just get their hooks into you.
This photograph looks west towards Bray Head, the imposing headland that marks the western tip of the island. The Skelligs were out on the horizon behind me, but on this particular evening my attention was entirely on what was in front of me. The sun was dropping fast, throwing warm amber light across the cliff faces while the surf hammered against the base of the rock. That sea arch at the bottom takes a serious beating on evenings like this.
What I love about this vantage point is the contrast you can take in from a single frame. Down below, the ocean is violent. White water surging through the arch, waves breaking hard against rock that has taken this punishment for thousands of years. Then you look to the top right and there's the Sound, barely a ripple on it. Sheltered, quiet, a completely different sea. I waited an hour and a half up on the hill above the head, half frozen, trying to eat a sandwich the wind kept rearranging. When the sun finally dropped low enough to rake across those cliff faces, everything changed in about three minutes. The green on top went bright, the rock turned gold, and the white water lit up against the dark Atlantic behind it. Three minutes. Worth every second of the wait!
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- Exhibition size and up: free to Ireland, the UK and Europe, €50 US and Canada, €100 rest of the world
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