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The Irish photographer on the most beautiful film he’s ever seen, a book about utopic desire, and his favourite walk in County Clare – with free tea and cake

In his book War and Cinema, cultural theorist Paul Virilio noted that modern warfare depends on the “logistics of perception.” According to him, a new arena of conflict has emerged with the development of sophisticated imaging technology. Like better weaponry, the side with better cameras often gains superiority.

‘I took this on the Trans-Amazonian Highway, which runs through the heart of the rainforest. It is being burned to clear land, a process that kills everything. It felt like the end of the world’

The cavernous Turbine Hall has become a spectral memory forest as Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña mourns the destruction of the Amazon rainforest