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THE KATES - YOU DON'T SEE IT

A legendary Cork band, 'The Kates' features five singer-songwriters who meld perfect harmonies with upbeat, driving melodies that keep you humming all day. I started going up to them after concerts to insist that they let me make a music video for them...being a complete stranger, it's no surprise that they were hesitant to take me up on the offer, but eventually I wore them down, and we had a great time gallivanting across West Cork, teaming up with the Ballydehob Puppet Company for a slow-motion chase sequence of giant puppets pursuing The Kates across all terrains, and ending up at the Ovens Plant Nursery for its eclectic, inviting cafe surrounded by greenery!

LIAM O'CONNOR

Legendary accordionist Liam O'Connor performs at Electric Picnic 2025.

Cork Clothes Swap

A community initiative to fight against the wasteful nature of fast fashion, Cork Clothes Swap takes place twice monthly and exists as a part of Cork Sustainable Fashion Fair. 

I regularly volunteer at the Clothes Swap, and I was asked by the organisers to put together a video about the group's goals and values.

SONG FACTORY BUDAPEST

Song Factory Budapest is a young-adult choir performing Hungarian and international hits in and around the city of Budapest. When I joined in 2019, the choir's management was keen to expand into visual content, and asked me whether I could produce a music video from them. That was Olyan Ő by Bagossy Brothers Company, and since then it has been an exciting and fruitful collaboration. 

We Love Budapest

As part of my job as a writer and journalist for We Love Budapest, the foremost source of entertainment news in the city, I was tasked with creating short, engaging video content for English-speaking visitors and expats to discover Budapest. We have created various themed series, such as Exploring Budapest by District, Hotel Histories, and 3-Minute Budapest, wherein Hungary's capital city is explored from toe to tip! They can all be found on Facebook and YouTube.

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Gretchen Kessler is a photographer living, working, and photographing in Cork, Ireland. She lives with her pet rats, enjoys singing in a local choir, and can usually be found in Fitzgerald's Park when the weather is nice.

Gretchen focuses on a documentary style with her photography, with the aim of capturing and recording the world around her for posterity. Gretchen received her first camera at the age of 13, and fondly remembers spending hours after school in the photo lab, carefully developing photographs long after her schoolmates had gone home. 

gretchen.m.kessler@gmail.com

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Cork, Ireland

 
 
 
 
 

Photo credit: Heiko Herrmann – www.lofote.de

 
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