Cork City Jail

Another site i visited when i was in cork

The Body and it's rRepresentation

Photo shop class began today for me. I hadn’t a clue of any tools but crop and straighten so I began by basically messing around with the tools and learning what they would do. Our project brief is the body and its representation so I decided to look at my 13 year old sister who is going through one of the changes in the life. So my concept for the project brief is ‘Right of Passage’. Since starting secondary school last year she has had a lot of visual changes between her looks and as well as her interests. So I photographed her a few weeks ago and today came out with these images.

Cork

St. Anne's Asylum, St. Kevin's Asylum, Cork.

Both asylums were brought together in 1852, to create a large 500 bedded Lunatic Asylum. Today St Kevin's Asylum stands boarded up and abandoned with nothing happening inside and on the grounds.

However half of St. Anne's has been developed int o apartment blocks with a very visible separation division between them by barriers and fencing's.

Curragh Chase House

Curragh Chase house was built in 1657 by Vere Hunt. I was destroyed by a fire in 1941 and all that remains today is the outer walls. The state bought the property and surrounding gardens in 1957 and it is now  projected by the special Area of Conservation.

My images are based on the house itself as i was always so interested in it and what could possibly be inside but there is no access in, or i haven't found one anyway. When I visited Curragh Chase the back off the grounds were some grounds workers have access to was closed off (maybe cause it was late in the year) so I couldn't get any feed back on what could possibly be inside.

Kilkeedy Graveyard, Clarina

This grave caught my eye whilst driving past it. The old church in the middle of the grave yard had no roof and windows and i had to check it out. The protestant church was interesting.

Carrigogunnell Castle, Clarina.

Based on a volcanic peak, Carrigogunnell Castle is a ruined  remains that was destroyed in 1691 by the English during the seigh of limerick. The limestone rocks of the building that remains is covered in Ivy, a really beautiful sight.