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The River & The Sea

This project has been a long time coming. I settled in Ireland in 2002, in a place called the Loop Head Peninsula, a narrow stretch of land surrounded by the estuary of the river Shannon (locally known as the river) and the Atlantic Ocean. It is a place I fell in love with during a number of holiday trips, a place I longed to go back to the moment I was back in Germany, the place I still love dearly today.

 

Over the years I started several times to put together a book on the place I now call home and every time I eventually abandoned the project. Something else always came up… other books, other assignments, …

 

Now that it is 2023 and I am officially no longer a working and travelling photographer, I finally have the time to pick up the old idea again. This project will not only deal with the Loop Head Peninsula itself. I will revisit all the places in the west and south of County Clare that left such lasting impressions on my early visits and over the years. From Bunratty along the estuary, around Loop Head and up the coast to places like Doonbeg, Quilty, Spanish Point and Lahinch.

 

A few of the images here have been taken from the archives and reprocessed, the vast majority are and will be however new images. For the moment I have set myself a timeframe of two years during which I will indulge in photographing all the familiar places and maybe discover a few new ones… along the river and the sea.

Carrigaholt Castle

The River

Kilkee

The Sea

Cross

The River

Castle Point

The Sea

Kilcredaun Lighthouse

The River

Bridge of Ross

The Sea

Doonbeg Harbour

The Sea

Doughmore

The Sea

Kilbaha Bay

The River

Doonbeg

The Sea

Byrne's Cove, Kilkee

The Sea

Blake's Corner, Ennistymon

The Sea

Labasheeda

The River

Kilkee

The Sea

Rinevella Bay & Rehy Hill

The River

Kilshanny Abbey

The Sea

St. Brigid's Well, Moher

The Sea

Kilrush

The River

Loop Head Lighthouse

The Sea

Kilkee

The Sea

Doughmore

The Sea

Bunratty Castle

The River

Ballycorick Bridge

The River

Loop Head

The Sea

Doonaha Battery

The River

Kilballyowen Church

The River

Loop Head

The Sea

Castle Point

The Sea

Rinevella Bay & Rehy Hill

The River

Inishmurry Quay

The River

Loop Head

The Sea

Rinevella Bay

The River

Gull Island

The Sea

Kilrush

The River

Carrigaholt

The River

Ross

The Sea

Carrigaholt

The River

Loop Head

The Sea

Carrigaholt

The River

Ross

The Sea

Kildysart

The River

College Strand

The River

Kilbaha Bay

The River

Loop Head

The River

Kildysart

The River

Rinevella Bay

The River

Carrigaholt

The River

Ross

The Sea

Illaunadoon

The Sea

Ennistymon

The Sea

Lahinch

The Sea

Carrigaholt

The River

Illaunadoon

The Sea

Poulnasherry Bay

The River

Seafield

The Sea

Loop Head

The Sea

Ross

The Sea

Kilbaha Bay

The River

Ennistymon

The Sea

Ross

The Sea

Carrigaholt

The River

Grean Rock

The Sea

Kilbaha Harbour

The River

Kilkee

The Sea

Ross

The Sea

Loop Head

The River

The Drowned Forest

The River

Ross

The Sea

Kilbaha Bay

The River

College Strand

The River

Ross

The Sea

Bridge of Ross

The Sea

Loop Head

The Sea

Spanish Point

The Sea

Doonbeg Bay

The Sea

Seafield

The Sea

Kilbaha Bay

The River

Kilkee Coast Road

The Sea

Poulnasherry Bay

The River

Loop Head

The River

Liscannor

The Sea

Clahane

The Sea

Kilkee

The Sea

Kilkee

The Sea

Oldtown Cliffs

The Sea

Kilkee

The Sea

Fergus Estuary

The River

Quilty & Mutton Island

The Sea

Rinevella Bay & Rehy Hill

The River

Kilbaha Harbour

The River

Killimer

The River

Black Rock

The Sea

Illaunonearaun

The Sea

Kilkee

The Sea

Killballyowen Church

The River

Carrigaholt

The River

The Drowned Forest

The River

The Drowned Forest

The River

Kilbaha Bay

The River

Rinevella Bay

The River

Poulnasherry Bay

The River

Fodry

The Sea

Kilbaha Bay

The River

Ross

The Sea

Kilkee Coast Road

The Sea

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