How are you?

I would like to say I knew the sign in the background said, “How are you?” but it’s more likely I did not. I’m glad it worked out, and it just proves that you have to be ready to take the photograph when you’re doing street photography or you’ll miss the moment.

In 2004, Ireland was in the midst of a mobile phone boom. The average Irish person was sending lots of text messages per month. The phones of the era were mostly Nokia models and early flip phones. The iPhone wouldn’t arrive for another three years. Making an actual voice call, as this woman is doing, was still the primary use of a mobile phone, rather than the app-launching, social-media-scrolling pocket computers we carry today.

How are you?

I would like to say I knew the sign in the background said, “How are you?” but it’s more likely I did not. I’m glad it worked out, and it just proves that you have to be ready to take the photograph when you’re doing street photography or you’ll miss the moment. In 2004, Ireland

https://inphotos.org/2025/12/20/how-are-you-2/
#2004 #Candid #coincidence #Cork #Ireland #PatrickStreet #PhoneCall #Photo #Photography #serendipity #Sony717 #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography

The Crowd on Pana

A huge crowd gathered around a man on stilts holding 3 flaming torches on St. Patrick Street, Cork in 2006. See how homogeneous the crowd is? A similar photo today would show a much more diverse set of people in modern Ireland.

https://inphotos.org/2025/12/17/the-crowd-on-pana/
#2006 #busking #Canon20D #CelticTiger #Cork #crowd #Ireland #PatrickStreet #Photo #Photography #StreetPerformer #StreetPhotography #summer

The Crowd on Pana

A huge crowd gathered around a man on stilts holding 3 flaming torches on St. Patrick Street, Cork in 2006. See how homogeneous the crowd is? A similar photo today would show a much more diverse set of people in modern Ireland.

#2006 #busking #Canon20D #CelticTiger #Cork #crowd #Ireland #PatrickStreet #Photo #Photography #streetPerformer #StreetPhotography #summer

Communion Day on Patrick Street

This was twenty years ago on St. Patrick Street, Cork. Not in December obviously, but in May when children all over the country were celebrating their first communion.

#2005 #Canon20D #Catholic #childhood #Cork #family #FirstCommunion #Ireland #IrishTraditions #PatrickStreet #Photo #Photography #StreetPhotography #tradition

Communion Day on Patrick Street

This was twenty years ago on St. Patrick Street, Cork. Not in December obviously, but in May when children all over the country were celebrating their first communion.

https://inphotos.org/2025/12/16/communion-day-on-patrick-street/
#2005 #Canon20D #Catholic #childhood #Cork #family #FirstCommunion #Ireland #IrishTraditions #PatrickStreet #Photo #Photography #StreetPhotography #tradition

"Grafitti Nº1"

#graffiti #cork #corkcity #ireland #urban #urbanart #sulky #sulkyroo #streetart #streetstyle #streetarteverywhere #humour #city #patrickstreet #photooftheday #photography #sunday #sundaymorning #sundayvibes #sundayfunday

This is Patrick Street, Cork. 1902. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.

#PatrickStreet #Cork #Ireland

[21:49] Woman assaulted in Cork city last weekend dies in hospital

A 36-year-old woman who was assaulted while she was availing of the services of a soup kitchen on Patrick Street in Cork last Sunday has died in hospital.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/woman-assaulted-in-cork-city-last-weekend-dies-in-hospital/a473040387.html

#36_year_old #PatrickStreet #Cork #lastSunday