Dark Side Of The Lens, simply put is both cinemetographically and grammatically poetic. Through the eyes of Irish surf photographer Mickey Smith, he translates the world he’s envisioned through the creation of film and his own words. “I see life in angles, in lines of perspective – the slow turn of a head, the blink of an eye, subtle glimpses of magic – other folk might pass by. Cameras help me translate, interpret and understand what I see. It’s a simple act that keeps me grinnin’ “. Immediately emursed in both the aesthetics, depths, and cold; the heavy irish undertones and culture, you become lost in both the twist of words and sea. “For fires of happiness and waves of gratitude. For everything that brought us to that point on earth at that moment in time, to do something worth remembering with a photograph, or a scar -I feel genuinely lucky and hand on heart say I love doing what I do. And I may never be a rich man, or live long enough, then sadly I’ll have a tale or two for the nephews. And I dig the thought of that.”

Check out Mickey Smith and Astray Films’ – Dark Side Of The Lens here, through Coeus Creative.