Derelict houses in Liverpool to be sold for £1
Housing in Webster Triangle East in the Picton Renewal Area, to be offered for sale for £1 under the Homesteading scheme. The area is close to the city centre and Liverpool Women’s Hospital, and features a majority of pre-1919 terraces, some of which are being sold for £1, along with properties in the Granby Renewal […]
Pavilion Series #1 – No Football Here, Memorial Fields, Halsall
Pavilion Series #1 – No Football Here, Memorial Fields, Halsall – Photo By Simon Kirwan
Dublin Accordion Player with Pints of Guinness
Dublin Accordion Player with Pints of Guinness – Photo By: Simon Kirwan. Shot on disposable film camera in a pub in Dublin about 10 years ago, scanned inkjet print.
Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 – First Test Shots
Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 – First Test Shots – Photo By Simon Kirwan. Included in TIME magazine’s ‘Best Inventions of Year 2012’ list: Best Inventions of Year 2012
Baby & Toddler Show 2013 BT Convention Centre Liverpool
Take Me Out presenter Paddy McGuinness & wife Christine Martin at Baby & Toddler Show, BT Convention Centre Liverpool – Photo By Simon Kirwan
Heaven and Earth Telescope and Orrery, Pier Head, Liverpool
Heaven and Earth Telescope and Orrery, Pier Head, Liverpool – Photo By Simon Kirwan www.the-lightbox.com. The sculpture by Andy Plant commemorates the Liverpool astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks 1619-1641, who was the first person to accurately calculate the transit of Venus.
Mann Island Liverpool
Mann Island Liverpool – architectural photography by Simon Kirwan. Architects: Broadway Malyan, structural engineers: Webb Yates, construction: BAM
Museum of Liverpool, Mann Island, Pier Head
Museum of Liverpool, part of National Museums Liverpool, at Mann Island, Liverpool Pier Head. Architects 3XN and engineers Buro Happold, architectural photograph by Simon Kirwan.
Winter at Grin Low Woods & Quarry, Buxton
Winter at Grin Low Woods & Quarry, Buxton Country Park, in the Derbyshire Peak District – Photo By Simon Kirwan
Lance Armstrong & Alberto Contador Tour de France Paris 2009
Lance Armstrong, riding for Team Astana on his Damien Hirst custom bike, and Alberto Contador in the yellow jersey, Tour de France 2009, on the circuit of the Champs Elysees and Rue de Rivoli in Paris – Photo by Simon Kirwan
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
ACC Liverpool is 5 Years Old!
ACC Liverpool is 5! from Simon Kirwan on Vimeo. It may seem hard to believe but ACC Liverpool is 5 – it’s 5 years since the Echo Arena & BT Convention Centre Liverpool opened in 2008 – Happy Birthday ACC Liverpool!
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
Trumpeter of Krakow
Trumpeter of Krakow – Photo By Simon Kirwan. St Mary’s Basilica, Main Market Square, Krakow, Poland – every hour, a trumpeter plays an unfinished song, Hejnal mariacki from the taller of the two towers, commemorating the 13th century trumpeter shot in the throat while sounding the alarm before the Mongol attack on the city of […]
Psychedelic Polski Fiat 126 KR90691, Krakow, Poland
Psychedelic Polski Fiat 126 KR90691, Krakow, Poland – Photo By Simon Kirwan
Gary Pallister NAPF 2012 BT Convention Centre Liverpool
Gary Pallister, formerly of Manchester United & Middlesbrough, signs footballs at AON stand, NAPF 2012 BT Convention Centre Liverpool – Photo By Simon Kirwan
Ramada Plaza & Southport Convention Centre
Ramada Plaza & Southport Convention Centre – Photo By Simon Kirwan
Wayfarers Arcade Southport Fisheye
Wayfarers Arcade Southport Grade II Listed Building, Samyang Fisheye Lens, Nikon D800 – Photo By Simon Kirwan
Marine Lake, Southport with Nikon D800
Marine Lake, Southport with Nikon D800 – Photo By Simon Kirwan
Professor Brian Cox, NAPF 2012 BT Convention Centre Liverpool
Professor Brian Cox at NAPF 2012, BT Convention Centre Liverpool – photo by Simon Kirwan