Today I was commissioned to photographic Irish photographic legend John Minihan prior to his exhibition 'Writing the century' featuring 42 images of Irish writers, poets, playwrights, authors etc. including, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney, the late John McGahern, Irish Murdoch and practically every Irish author of note.
In this photo (once referred to as the 'Image of the 20th century, his not mine ;-)) he is looking at his most famous photo and pretending to photograph using what looks like a minature camera but is actually I cigarette lighter I bought in Tokyo in 2005 when I was a heavy smoker. There you go now...
John Minihan has been referred to as probably the most important living Irish photographer today, hard to argue with this when you see his work. If you click on the photo you can see more photos from today's shoot and you will get some idea of how much fun it was to photograph him today. Incidentally he was the first photographer I was ever commissioned to photograph - an interesting commission.
You can visit John's site at www.johnminihan.com
