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# Photo of the Month: January 2023
- URL: https://www.dublininquirer.com/photo-of-the-month-january-2023/
- Published: 2023-01-11T22:13:46.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-28T13:46:06.000Z
- Description: “This photo has many of the elements that I think a great picture must have. The strong lights, the movement, the imperfection of the lens, bring it to life.”
- Author: nerosunero (Mario Sughi)
- Tags: City Desk, Photo of the Month, photography, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-03-05 15:28

This photo has many of the elements that I think a great picture must have. The strong lights, the movement, the imperfection of the lens, bring it to life.

But it also has a great sense of immediacy and style. The subject brings in a sudden narrative, of which I was not completely conscious when I shot it last Sunday 8 January on the west pier in Dún Laoghaire.

I’m an Italian painter and illustrator based in Dublin and I also [do “great” street photography](https://nerosunero.art/street-photography?ref=dublininquirer.com).

Photography forces you to look very hard and continuously at people and places and this is very useful for the work of a painter. Street photography is also about capturing a moment, the moment your eyes meet with the people you are going to “shoot”. It is very fast and it’s beautiful when the emotion makes the picture come to life.

*If you’d like to enter our Photo of the Month contest you can find the [guidelines here](https://dublininquirer.com/2022/12/21/please-send-us-your-photos-of-dublin?ref=dublininquirer.com). Entries for February’s contest are open from now until the end of the day Monday 6 February.*