The writer Stuart Hall states that 'cultural identity is a matter of 'becoming' as well as 'being''. This 'becoming' transforms the landscape. Ireland joined the present E.U. in 1972. After decades, even centuries, in the economic wilderness it presently is experiencing the greatest economic growth in its history. As the E.U. spreads its borders to encompass the former East, the change is paralleled on this peripheral island to the West. As a consequence of this growth Ireland's landscape is being transformed at a unprecedented rate.

For centuries, the Irish have travelled to other countries and been at the forefront of the construction and transformation of these countries whether in Europe or beyond. Now the transformation begins at home. site began in November 1999 as an exploration and response to this overwhelming change. The work is an exploration of that space between what was and what will be and what is the cultural significance of that transitory space. A move to the allegorical.

The series consists of landscape type images and portraits of the individuals, the artisans, who occupy this space, those intertwined/interdependent with this space. These artisans who are that link to Irish labour history. The work includes sites in the heart of the city to those on the periphery. The move from the construction of dwellings to the motorways that spread beyond. The combination of these images of landscape and portrait attempt to reflect and address the diverse nature of this physical and human landscape and its relationship to the larger space/place of culture/society surrounding it..