Giles Norman Photography

Giles Norman Photography Giles continues to add to his portfolio, with a new Beara Peninsula and Florence collection released in 2020.

Giles Norman is an internationally acclaimed Irish photographer, recognised for his black and white images of cities, coastlines, and quiet corners, captured over four decades. Giles Norman’s vast portfolio ranges from traditional landscapes to bold abstract pieces – capturing delicate textures and intimate tones – and journeys beyond the wild Irish shores, capturing the city life of London, Paris, Florence, Venice, Rome and New York.

27/08/2026

This weeks gallery favourite, Coumeenole Beach

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Lovers, Cork ‘93Part of the Ireland Early Work collection — Full collection available online and in gallery.
21/08/2026

Lovers, Cork ‘93

Part of the Ireland Early Work collection — Full collection available online and in gallery.

Today, we’re celebrating a very special birthday — Giles turns 65! 🎉From a camera in hand all those years ago to more th...
08/08/2026

Today, we’re celebrating a very special birthday — Giles turns 65! 🎉

From a camera in hand all those years ago to more than three decades of the gallery in Kinsale, it’s been quite a journey. And none of it would have been possible without the people who’ve supported Giles and the gallery along the way.

So, to celebrate 65 properly — and to say a heartfelt thank you — every photograph in the gallery and online is 20% off this weekend.

A little look back at Giles through the years… 📸

Giles is turning 65 this week — and we’re celebrating the only way we know how: with the photographs.For the next five d...
06/08/2026

Giles is turning 65 this week — and we’re celebrating the only way we know how: with the photographs.

For the next five days, every print in the gallery is 20% off, automatically applied at checkout. No code needed.

Sale runs now through Monday, August 10th. Link in bio to shop.

“I never stop going back through the negatives. Forty years of them. You see things differently with time — a frame you ...
30/07/2026

“I never stop going back through the negatives. Forty years of them. You see things differently with time — a frame you passed over becomes exactly what you were looking for. Dublin Remastered came from moments like this one”

The SkelligsEvery grain of sand has a tale to tell. These beaches have seen it all. Beyond the banks of Ballinskelligs, ...
16/07/2026

The Skelligs

Every grain of sand has a tale to tell. These beaches have seen it all. Beyond the banks of Ballinskelligs, surrounded by Atlantic tides, stand the sublime and soaring Skellig Islands.

Hidden Stairs, Kylemore Abbey ‘92“Many many years ago I was asked by the nuns of Kylemore Abbey if I would take some pho...
09/07/2026

Hidden Stairs, Kylemore Abbey ‘92

“Many many years ago I was asked by the nuns of Kylemore Abbey if I would take some photographs for a calendar to help in the restoration fund for the beautiful, but at the time neglected, gothic church which lay in the grounds of the abbey. When I arrived they politely but firmly warned me that the bell tower was too dangerous to enter and the door would be locked. Ignoring what had happened to the curious cat, I found a loose panel in the bottom of the tower door that, once removed, would just about let me enter. My reward, just enough natural light to photograph these beautiful curving stairs that disappeared into the lost light of the tower. The image often brings to mind one of my favourite paintings ‘The Meeting on Turret Stairs’, which hangs in the National Gallery of Ireland. This image never made the calendar, I was too afraid to show it to the nuns.”

Pure Landscape - Nothing but natureThroughout my portfolio you will find images that I like to call “pure landscape” – w...
02/07/2026

Pure Landscape - Nothing but nature

Throughout my portfolio you will find images that I like to call “pure landscape” – which for me is the holy grail of landscape photography – nothing in the image but what nature has provided: no man-made intrusion, no houses, no roads, no cars and no people. An image that could have been taken a 100,000 years ago long before Nicéphore Niépce first captured the roof from his window.

Explore Landscape photography at www.gilesnorman.com

“The inclusion of sheep in my landscape work dates as far back as my early days as a photographer. From the very beginni...
25/06/2026

“The inclusion of sheep in my landscape work dates as far back as my early days as a photographer. From the very beginning, they posed unknowingly for me, scattered muses amongst the mountains and fields, adding something tangible to the vastness of their surroundings. Careful never to frighten them, I’ve always welcomed them onto my canvas and been thankful of their natural place in the landscape”

The Surf Coast For W.B. Yeats, Sligo was ‘the land of heart’s desire’. The renowned writer spent childhood summers on th...
18/06/2026

The Surf Coast

For W.B. Yeats, Sligo was ‘the land of heart’s desire’. The renowned writer spent childhood summers on these beautiful shores, inspiring his poems ‘Under Ben Bulben’ and ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’. Sligo is a land of great poetry. She is a land of great legends. But above all she is a land of great adventure. Her mountains and waves welcome strangers upon their backs to journey along the Wild Atlantic Way.

Explore Sligo collection online.

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Thursday 10am - 5pm
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