Introduction
		About my Pictures You will see in the following pages that I have certain interests across a spectrum, from faces to places, and from nature to architecture. In my pictures I try to catch the strength and the vulnerability of the human spirit, the beauty of nature and the play of light on form. While photography captures the fleeting moment, it also preserves it forever, and so the snapshot of today can be the historical document of tomorrow. You could say that Photography is history, its imprints gaining value as years go by, for what it says about a time, a people and a place. The photographs on this site were taken at home and abroad, some digital and some scanned from slides and negatives. By home I mean both my native Ireland and Washington DC where I have lived for the last 8 years. While there, working for the World Bank, I have travelled to different countries in the world, helping to establish the Global Development Learning Network (www.gdln.org). In my spare time I had a chance to capture the faces of development in images that express this strength and vulnerability of people in a struggle. At other times I had the opportunity to see the beauty in the detail of nature and the wonder of human achievement in cityscapes and architecture. All of my images are printed on Epson printers as museum fine art prints on archival quality paper with ultrachrome pigment inks - what is known as "giclee" (pronounced "ghee- clay") prints. Accelerated aging tests have estimated that the prints will last for over 90 years if mounted and framed in glass, and kept out of direct sunlight. I print in two sizes; 8.5 X 11.5 inches, and 13 X 19 inches. If you would like to buy one or more prints please contact me at <mikespix@mac.com> for details. Thanks for your interest, Michael Foley
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