Modern Ireland
By David Kelly
Ireland has been commercially seen as the country with rolling green hills, pubs, leprechauns, and small men in plaid wedge cap hats. Although these stereotypes do exist, Ireland has became as modern as any other country. My goal through my photo essay was to shoot the side of Ireland that is not expected to been seen by someone who has never stepped foot on the island. Viewers seeing my images may not know photos were captured in Ireland due to the fact their thoughts of Ireland are only of the commercial stereotypes.
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Photo 1: For one week, Dublin streets host a gay pride festival.
Photo 2: Mobile advertisements on segways cruise up and down the street to promote businesses in the busy tourist area of Grafton Street, Dublin.
Photo 3: With a heavy hit of the economic crush that Ireland has been faced with, men and women beg for spare change.
Photo 4: The punk scene is a popular style that can be found in seven young teens on the streets of Dublin.
Photo 5: Two young girls stand hand in hand in an alley of Dublin after a week festival for gay pride.
Photo 6: Local teens hang out on a Saturday afternoon on the streets of Dublin City.
Photo 7: Children waiting to cross the street at a red light sport nationally known Adidas sports wear.
Photo 8: Roads once traveled by men of Blarney Castle in the 16th century now lay path for trackers to travel while working to keep the grounds groomed.
Photo 9: A transformer is set up outside a tourist shop along the Ring of Kerry.
Photo 10: CCTVs rest on sides of many of the buildings in Dublin City.
Photo 11: Trash collects on the steps of a Dublin flat.
Photo 12: A well-protected flat in the city of Dublin is over watched by CCTV.
Photo 13: A modern day cruise ship sits in the harbor that is famous for the construction of the Titanic cruise ship in Belfast, Ireland.
Photo 14: Barbed wire fencing still lines some of the buildings in Belfast, Ireland.
Photo 15: This is the once heavily guarded Peace Wall that separated the Protestant and Catholic residents of Belfast Ireland.
Photo 16: Here is a group of teens riding the high-speed train from Belfast to Dublin.
Photo 17: A scrap yard sits beside a Limerick hotel.
Photo 18: The view outside a tourist center to the harbor where cruise liners such as the Titanic once sat in Belfast, Ireland.
Photo 19: This is the inside of a Belfast shopping mall.
Photos 20 & 21: A city once rocked by The Troubles with violence and guerilla warfare between Catholics and Protestants now is being developed with new office buildings and shopping malls.