Environmental Photography

Southport Beach – Nikon D800 + Nikkor 24mm PC-E

Southport Beach – Nikon D800 + Nikkor 24mm PC-E, using buit-in HDR mode – Photo By Simon Kirwan

Castell Tinboeth, Llananno – New Years Day 2013

Castell Tinboeth, Llananno, Powys, Wales – New Years Day 2013 – Photo By Simon Kirwan. Castell Tinboeth lies within a roughly circular Iron Age hillfort, about 100m in diameter, and was probably constructed in the late 13th century by the Mortimer family – more here: Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales

Marine Lake, Southport with Nikon D800

Marine Lake, Southport with Nikon D800 – Photo By Simon Kirwan


Dock Road, Liverpool

Dock Road, Liverpool – Photo By Simon Kirwan

Southport Pier Sunset

Southport Pier Sunset – Photo By Simon Kirwan

Ainsdale Beach First Aid Post

Ainsdale Beach First Aid Post, Southport – photograph by Simon Kirwan


Monsoon Ends, Summer Begins

Monsoon Ends, Summer Begins – photography by Simon Kirwan

Southport: Inside the Maze

Sea Coal Collector Southport Beach

Sea Coal Collector Southport Beach – photo by Simon Kirwan


Musique Royale Red House Peter Johansson Liverpool Biennial 2004

Musique Royale, the Red House by Peter Johansson, Liverpool Biennial International 04 – photo by Simon Kirwan. Located on the South Lawn at the Pier Head, in front of the Port of Liverpool Building, Cunard Building & Liver Building

Keep Clear: Emergency Vehicles Need Access At All Times

Keep Clear: Emergency Vehicles Need Access At All Times – photo by Simon Kirwan

Southport Amphibious Shrimping Vehicle Fleet

Southport Amphibious Shrimping Vehicle Fleet – photo by Simon Kirwan


English Monsoon July 2012 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Southport

English Monsoon July 2012 – photo by Simon Kirwan. Rain cloud above Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport

Bonded Warehouse, Dublin St Liverpool

Bonded Warehouse, Dublin St Liverpool – photograph by Simon Kirwan

Liverpool Midsummer Skyline Sunset

Liverpool Midsummer Skyline Sunset, from Liver Building to Radio City Tower (also known as St. John’s Beacon & FTM Tower) – photo by Liverpool commercial photographer Simon Kirwan


John Coulton, Southport Shrimper

When this picture was taken in 2006, John Coulton was 76 years old. He had been a shrimper on Southport beach for the previous 60 years, and built the Venture, this amphibious shrimping vehicle, in 1963, although he no longer owned it, and was unimpressed by its present delapidated state. Beach shrimping is all that […]

Not exactly flying weather – R22 at Barton

Not exactly flying weather – Robinson R22 helicopter at City Airport, Manchester (formerly Barton Aerodrome) – photo by Simon Kirwan

John Lennon Peace Monument, ACC Liverpool

John Lennon Peace Monument, ACC Liverpool – photo by Simon Kirwan. The sculpture, also known as the European Peace Monument, and located on the piazza alongside the Echo Arena & BT Convention Centre on the Liverpool Waterfront at Kings Dock, is the work of American artist Lauren Voiers, and is inscribed with the words “Peace […]


Roadside Southport

Roadside Southport – tribute to Robert Margolies: Roadside America – architectural relics from a vanishing past – photo by Simon Kirwan

Independent Action Monrovia at Liverpool Freeport

The Independent Action (Monrovia) at Liverpool Freeport 21.10.2006 – photo by Simon Kirwan More information here: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=120845

Total Whiteout

Total Whiteout – tribute to Edward Burtynsky’s OIL project: http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/


On the Beach – Summer 2010

Sunset on Southport Pier

Sunset on Southport Pier – photo by Simon Kirwan

Iron Man sculpture, Llanbedrog, 1981

The Iron Man, Llanbedrog, 1981 – Photo By Simon Kirwan. Designed and built by Simon Van De Put and put in position on the headland above Llanbedrog, on the Lleyn peninsula in North Wales in 1981. Eventually rusted down to his boots, and replaced by a different iron man sculpture in 2002 – more information […]