Remnants. Photo exhibition

“All things are impermanent, life is a fleeting shadow, a momentary bloom, a brief shining spark”

15 years ago, I was diagnosed with heart failure & rheumatic heart disease (rheumatic fever as a child) , & mitral valve disease. I prepared for all outcomes and put my affairs in order.

Surgery and an artificial valve saved my life. The man who did the surgery was an incredible human being. He died six weeks after operating on me aged 49.

I made a promise back then. If/when I ever had a photography exhibition, it would be dedicated to the surgeon, Aonghus O’ Donnell.

The recovery from the surgery was hell. The physical recover happened much faster than the mental recovery.
I traipsed around old abandoned houses, looking at the remnants of other people’s lives scattered about the houses, all the while trying to piece my own life back together.

Places where life once thrived, now sat in silence. Nature slowly taking back what was borrowed.
So, here it finally is. “Remnants”