ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Bernie Winters is pictured in his traditional cottage. He is the last traditional Straw basket maker on Clare Island, County Mayo, West Coast Of Ireland. Rushes,Willow and straw are three materials that have been fundamental to Irish people from earliest times. Straw has many uses, including thatching houses, hens houses, bee skeps and súgán ropes among other traditionally made items.
Location: Clare Island, Clew Bay, County Mayo. Ireland

AUTHOR
Commercial and Fine Art Photographer based in The West Of Ireland, photographing for the last 20 years. Associate Member of The Irish Professional Photographers Association, Member of The Press Photographers Association of Ireland and Member of the Federation of European Photographers. A passion for Landscape and Fine Art photography, i was introduced to the art of Large Format photography by Ron Rosenstock and Paul Caponigro. I use the medium of photography as a means to express my connection with the Earth and the spirit of place, my photographs are the representions of that connection at that particular time and place.

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