Pádraig Powell.
Photographer and surfer. Armagh raised, Maroubra based.
I grew up in Armagh, an hour and a half inland from the Donegal coast where most of my Irish photographs come from. I've been in Australia for the better part of nine years now — walking distance from another Atlantic at Maroubra. Most of my work happens in the gap between two oceans: surf at first light, the long shoulder of a wave, and the small ceremonies of mornings on the coast.
Slowambi is where this work lives. The galleries are slow on purpose. The journal is where I write about why a frame worked, or didn't. The shop is a small, rotating set of prints I'm happy to put on someone's wall.
For commissions, prints, or just to say hello, the contact page is the fastest route. Letters travel slower but I read every one.
Maroubra, Sydney
Armagh, Ireland
Sony A7CII · 50mm prime · 24–105mm · 100–400mm
Slowambi — slow ambiance. The small ceremonies of mornings on the coast.
Quieter frames between gallery updates — surf checks, walks, and the odd moving picture. The right song matters as much as the frame; the playlist below collects every track posted alongside a slow_ambi photograph.