I was in Belfast today and went to the exhibition 'Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography' at Belfast Exposed and The MAC (it's spread across the two venues which are walking distance from each other). It's a mixed bag but all the usual suspects are there including Paul Graham (picture above, from his seminal 'Troubled Land' series). It's running till July 7th.

http://www.belfastexposed.org/exhibitions/?exhibition=132&year=2013&show=

I'm working on a script based on a real life story which took place towards the end of the Irish War of Independence in 1921. As a result, I jump at the opportunity to read any Irish history books that relate to this period or the years leading up to it. I picked up this one in a tourist shop in Kinvara, Co. Clare last weekend and read it over the past few days. Jo Lee is a highly respected Irish historian. He 's also a great writer - which can't be said of all historians - with fascinating insights. This was a joy to read and I was very taken by his definition of modernisation as the growth of equality of opportunity.

Looks like the money ran out!

On a recce in Clare and Galway. I recognise this house from a shoot I did in the Eighties with Zita Lloyd and my niece Jasmine Guinness - her first pictures! 

Shooting at this historic house just outside Dublin. It was from here that Eoin MacNeill gave the counter command not to rise on Easter Sunday, 1916. Trying to shoot exteriors but we are battling the Irish summer! 

In London for the day casting for an upcoming D shoot

And these...

I love these faces from last night's casting.

On a recce around the outskirts of Dublin looking for houses and gardens that I haven't shot at before.

Casting for an upcoming shoot. I love finding new people - particularly in Dublin.