This site holds the images of wall-paintings taken by Seosamh Mac Coılle (X).

Seosamh began photographing murals in earnest in 2011 and images from the collection were first made available on-line in August, 2012.

The primary camera used was (and is) a Canon EOS 400D, typically with an 18-55mm lens, though sometimes with a 55-250mm. Also used is a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a 24-70mm Sigma lens. And from 2021 onwards, an iPhone X.

For editing, Photoshop and DxO Viewpoint are primarily used. Watermarking is a regrettable necessity of publishing photographs in the digital age; watermarks are applied manually – the goal is that the watermark should be invisible at a glance but obvious upon inspection.

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Other photographers contributing to the X collection:

• Andy McDonagh/Eclipso Pictures (ig | Fb) is a professional photographer based in London-/Derry.
• Sabine Troendle (web) is a photojournalist hailing from Zurich, Switzerland. She has published Texas Reliable News (based on photo-essays based on stays in and around Austin, Texas 2006-2012) and Belfast Reliable News (based on time in Belfast 2018-2022).

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Seosamh’s street photography (as distinct from his images of wall-paintings) can be seen at belfastviewfinder.wordpress.com, which also includes links to his social-media accounts.

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Please Consider Donating

There are hundreds of thousands of hours in the three collections, the maps, and the Visual Histories; explicit expenses include computers, software, site registration, ad-free presentation, and cloud storage. Please consider donating. (The same page also provides information about permissions of use.)

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Contact

E-mail is the best way to contact Seosamh, Peter, or Paddy. Please write to extramuralactivity at gmail dot com .

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