Capturing the magic of the west

IT MIGHT be supposed that professional photographers would struggle to stand out above the crowd, given that our modern world is so saturated with digital images.
However, desktop photography books are still released each year and are bought by a large audience who appreciate the mood and atmosphere that can be conveyed by carefully thought out professional images. Two such books which have released recently are Ireland’s Atlantic Shoreline. People and Places from Mizen to Malin by Valerie O’Sullivan and Gathering Light On the Dingle Coast by John Hooton. Both have taken very different approaches to what is very similar subject matter.