Carlingfords Guiding Light — a solitary structure surrounded by long-exposure sea and sky

Fine Art Photography

Michael McCafferty

Stillness. Space. Time.

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Michael McCafferty at Horn Head, County Donegal

Horn Head · County Donegal · Ireland
Photograph by Paul Killeen

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The Artist

Michael
McCafferty

Belfast · Northern Ireland

I choose what belongs in the frame, reducing each scene to the elements that carry its meaning.

Working across Landscape, Seascape and Form, I am drawn to Quiet Structure, Negative Space and how Time or Weather can Transform something Familiar into something Less Literal.

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Selected Recognition

Selected
Published
Exhibited

2026
Tom McLaughlin Irish Landscape Photography Competition

1st Place

2025 & 2026
Minimalist Photography Awards

Multiple Honourable Mentions across both annual competitions.

2022
UK Landscape Photographer of the Year Competition

Rise and Shine — Highly Commended, Night Category. Published in the Competition Book and Exhibited at Railway Stations across the UK.

2022
Féile Photography Competition

1st Place — Connemara Fishing Cottage, exhibited as part of Féile, Ireland's Largest Community Arts Festival.

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Curated Work

A quieter way
of seeing.

A Considered Selection from a Wider Body of Work, Exploring Reduction, Atmosphere and Form.

S(t)ix — minimalist long-exposure posts in calm water
Stillness S(t)ix
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Nebulous — a solitary tree disappearing into bright fog
Solitude Nebulous
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Solitaire — a minimal study of line, shape and negative space
Form Solitaire
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Fanad Head — Guardian of the Atlantic

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Story

The Photograph
I Nearly Came
Home Without.

Fanad Head · Guardian of the Atlantic

A day of Atlantic weather, Repeated Decisions and One Final Return to the Lighthouse.

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Collect

Live With
The Work

Selected Photographs are Released as Signed, Numbered Editions, Personally Printed and Approved by Michael in his Belfast studio.

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