Abandoned Curragh

An abandoned, it seems, curragh in Connemara National Park, Co. Galway, Ireland. Curraghs are handmade leather boats, famous for their flexibility and seaworthiness. It is curious that this curragh is upended in a roofless cottage, but the cottage seems to be recently repaired and repainted. Is this a restoration in progress? The photo was taken in July of 1989 with a Ricoh Singlex TLS 35 mm SLR equipped with a 55 mm f/1.7 Prinz Auto Rexatar lens on Kodak Kodacolor VR100 film. The negative was enlarged optically with a Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 50 mm f/2.8 Rodenstock Rodagon lens on Kodak Panalure Select Medium Weight Resin Coated silver gelatin photo paper. Processing was done archivally using Kodak chemistry, with a final toning with Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner, treated with hypo clearing agent, and washed in an archival washer.

8" x 10" Print