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Michael Mclaughlin

Photographer / Videographer

PPAI-0315

Regions served: North-West and Galway and the West

Type / specialities: News, Features, Business, Public Relations, Magazines, Websites, Politics, Environment, Social issues, Agriculture, Marine, Cultural, Arts & Entertainment, Tourism & Travel, Health & Medical, and Technology

Additional skills: Public Liability Insurance, Professional Indemnity Insurance, IAA Operator / Pilot registration, Drone Insurance, and Tax clearance certificate

Email: michael@michaelmclaughlinstudios.com
Phone: 087 6896944
Website: http://www.michaelmclaughlinstudios.com
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Michael Mclaughlin

I'm Michael McLaughlin, a commercial and editorial photographer based in Mayo with over 25 years’ experience working across the west, northwest and southwest of Ireland. I cover news, politics, environmental and social issues, agriculture, marine and coastal communities, as well as culture, arts and entertainment along the Wild Atlantic Way and wider western seaboard. Clients include national and regional media, tourism organisations, state and semi-state bodies and private companies. I’m used to working to tight deadlines and providing straightforward, dependable coverage for press, web and campaign use. Based in the west, I can respond quickly to stories and assignments across the region. For commissions or picture enquiries, please get in touch.

SELECTED WORKS

1ST PLACE - Best use of Technology Award - 2026
THE TIES THAT BIND
1ST PLACE - Multimedia - 2026
THE TIES THAT BIND

The Ties That Bind is a Rural Life portrait of harvest, skill, and community. Bought unseen and cared for ever since, the machine still returns to the field to cut and tie small patches of grain. In its rhythm are the old ways, neighbourly help, and a friendship bound by the ties that bind.

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1ST PLACE - Portrait - 2025
FORGING FRIENDSHIPS

Ben Burke, master blacksmith from Foxford, Co. Mayo, works his travelling forge with ‘Penny’, his partridge Pekin Bantam, perched on the anvil.

SHORTLISTED - Politics - 2023
FROM SOD TO SKY

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, skys the traditional sod turning on a new extension to a walkway at the Connacht GAA Air Dome in Bekan, Co. Mayo.

SHORTLISTED - Nature & The Environment - 2021
APRIL LYRIDS

A meteor travels above above rows of fresh-cut turf during the Lyrids meteor shower, viewed from the Dark Sky Park in Ballycroy, Co. Mayo.

1ST PLACE - Arts and Entertainment - 2021
SAVAGE BEAUTY

Savage Beauty, the largest site-specific light artwork ever created by Finnish artist Kari Kola, illuminates the shores of Loch na Fuaiche in Connemara for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture.