Martin O'Neill. A pro photographer's ramblings ..

                  Well I guess I know what I was doing thirty-seven years ago today. I was reading the British Journal of Photography, which...

              I went to Paris recently to see the fantastic new David Hockney exhibition, then discovered yesterday that he and my Dad share...

                  It's sixteen years since Dad died, but July 9th is still a poignant day for me .. Happy Birthday, you old fart!

                  In 1978, just like every other red-blooded teenage boy with his hormones a'ragin', I used to have a poster of Debb...

              As I melt in 44 degree heat, I thought I'd show again my picture of Lisa in the bath, probably from that fabled summer of ...

              "It was a hot afternoon, the last day of June, and the sun was a demon .. " At 13 years old I'm not quite sure I...

            Funny to think Rod Stewart will be playing Glastonbury today. I mean, who the hell wants to see an 80 year old geezer up on stag...

                It's been three months since I last wrote a blog, and I can only apologise to those of you who have been waiting patie...

              Do any of you remember the indomitable Kath Smith, the wonder-swirl of a fund-raiser for the Royal Manchester Children's H...

                   My calendar tells me today is the first day of Spring, even though I've always thought of that as being March 21st. B...

            It's now forty-six years since I took these pictures of Joy Division, and I post them again in memory of Ian Curtis. Here...

              Today is 'Je lis' day in France. (I read!) And it has delighted me to see that my blog is still read a lot (3.7k visit...

          It was forty-six years ago today that eighteen-year-old me spent a couple of hours walking the mean streets of Sale with The Fresh...

              My Dad's old local will shut its doors forever on Friday. And the shopping mall in which I had my photographic studio has ...

              It was our friend Hélène's funeral yesterday, a very sad day of course, but one that also brought a smile to my face as we...

          This week I have been asked, once again, to supply a photograph for a funeral. A lovely friend from the village has died and, as I...

                  I'm delighted to announce the launch of my new books, two self-published collections of portrait photographs dating fr...

                  I don't want to be sniffy about this, but there was a story in The Times last week about a woman who's currently h...

                  An update on my forthcoming portrait photography books. (Yawn yawn, shuffle shuffle) .. They say less is more, but I'v...

                  Strap yourselves in, folks. It's the first day of criminal Trump's presidency, and he's hit the ground running...