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Cove life

Photographer Niall Meehan grew up in Sandycove in County Dublin and describes those early years as ‘seaaffected’ as he splashed around in the Dún Laoghaire seawater baths, graduating to swimming in Sandycove

Harbour and diving off the Forty Foot promontory. Now, he lives with his own family in County Wicklow, and his passion for the sea is undimmed, evocatively

expressed in his series of Sea Studio photographic prints. ‘I’m fortunate to be able to swim at sunrise, year

round, in the cool waters of the Irish Sea. My love of sea swimming and of image-making have become one, to the point where I don’t know if I go for a swim and take photographs or go to take photographs that happen to be in the sea,’ says Niall. This capture, called The Cove, was taken at the seaside resort of Greystones in Wicklow and stars a glossy frond of Irish Moss, part of his Sea Flora collection of prints. Find out more about Niall’s work and browse

prints for sale at seastudio.ie.