Playing some traditional tune
This is from a time that was very different! It was a time where people were happy and content with little. Of course nothing is perfect, but all I know is that it was very different before the internet started changing everything.
The last time anyone saw these images was after the study trip, I did make copies of most of them in the darkroom, but they are long gone now, except for one that maybe.
Guiness is always involved!
All of the trip was really worth it, we got to see things all around Ireland, with some pretty interesting and strange scenes thrown in!
This event was towards the end of the trip, the guy in the pictures was leading some tiny organization centered around Irish culture.
And that of course includes pubs, improvised music and Guiness!
Getting in a groove here I guess?
There are of course lots of songs, melodies and styles that still exist, but I bet that many also have gone extinct... I think most of it for this event was in English, but of course it was Irish culture through and through, with its rich pantheon of archetypes, myths and mysterious sides.
Yet another Guiness!
For us coming from the outside it was unique, very Irish and organic. But was there also some inner tension within the Irish who attended?
I'm not capable of analyzing that, especially after these decades. But what I can speculate on is that someone who is standing up for the local culture might have been experiencing some milder forms of ridicule or skepticism even back then...
Regardless of that I'm of course still thankful for that glimpse into Ireland, and its also now natural for me to say that I respect him even more for taking the lead this way!
That's the #monomad content for now, below I'll link to a video I did that touches upon some things around this style of photography :-)
Here is the video: Stay relevant!
Editing these images and writing what I do here is part of a really long process for me. The gist of it is that I think its a smart move to be very natural, gritty and even messy now that AI will change reality on all levels...
That is how fellow, real humans can find you!
And of course that is perhaps what Hive is all about... 🙂