Photography News
Ghosts of the Faithful Departed – Friday Frame # 11
Posted on Friday, Dec 2nd, 2011 in Friday Frame | Photography News by Alan Murphy | Add Comment
David Creedon's 2007 collection of work "Ghosts of the Faithful Departed" has been published by Collins Press.
"Emigration has been a constant in Ireland since the Famine. Those left behind by family and friends suffered hardship and isolation and passed away, their homes monuments to a bygone age. Visiting these unoccupied houses David Creedon felt like an intruder disturbing the spirits that haunt every room. In some it seemed the last ... Read More »
New adventures at the Circle of Confusion
Posted on Wednesday, Nov 30th, 2011 in Photography News by Roger Overall | Add Comment
Irish landscape photographers Peter Cox and Neil McShane are working on the first full episode of a landscape photography tutorial video series to be launched in early December. They've formed a video production company with documentary photographer Roger Overall called The Circle of Confusion Ltd to produce the series.
"While there are plenty of tutorial videos available, we're producing something very different," explains Peter Cox. "We're ... Read More »
Podge Kelly to host Nik Software Seminar
Posted on Wednesday, Nov 30th, 2011 in Photography News by Podge | Add Comment
Acclaimed Irish photographer Podge Kelly will host a Nik Software Webinar on December 6th. The webinar is aimed at photographers and digital artists with knowledge in Photoshop and will demonstrate how Nik Software has expanded Podge's creativity.
Donal Murphy FIPPA Latest Master QEP
Posted on Monday, Nov 28th, 2011 in Photography News by Irish Professional Photographers Association | Add Comment
It is with pleasure that the IPPA annouce that Donal Murphy FIPPA has achieved his Master QEP from the Federation of European Photographers in the discipline of Architectural Photography. Donal is now the 4th IPPA member to have been awarded this prestigious title and 2nd in the field of Architectural Photography.
Lindberg succeeds in complaint against PPAI
Posted on Monday, Nov 28th, 2011 in Photography News by Alan Murphy | 2 Comments
Press Photographer Barbara Lindberg has successfully brought a complaint to the Equality Tribunal against the Press Photographers Association of Ireland.
Equality Officer Elaine Cassidy ordered that the PPAI offer Ms Lindberg membership of the association and pay the photographer 1000 euro "for upset and humiliation suffered as a result of the discrimination." She also further ordered that the PPAI "put into effect an Equality Policy within 6 months of ... Read More »
Interview with Lokofoto.com
Posted on Monday, Nov 28th, 2011 in Interviews | Photography News | The IPWS Blog by Alan Murphy | Add Comment
On Friday I had the pleasure of meeting with Daire Irwin of Lokofoto.com. We had chatted briefly at the web summit but I wanted to understand more what his new start up was all about. You can watch the brief interview below.
Award-winning documentary photographer Roger Overall has launched a series of seminars.
Posted on Friday, Nov 25th, 2011 in Photography News by Alan Murphy | Add Comment
The first in the series is a one-day documentary wedding photography seminar aimed at wedding photographers who are looking to improve their storytelling photographs.
Among other things, the seminar looks at what documentary wedding photography is, how a documentary photographer relates to the occasion, how to see and interpret a narrative, understanding human behaviour and using that to get better documentary photographs, and anticipating and visualizing photographs before they ... Read More »
Danielle Ryan by James Horan – Friday Frame # 10
Posted on Friday, Nov 25th, 2011 in Friday Frame | Photography News by Alan Murphy | Add Comment
This week's frame comes from multi award winning photographer James Horan. It is a portrait of Danielle Ryan {daughter of Cathal Ryan ,co-founder of Ryanair} photographed for the New York Times at the site of the Lir Theatre, Dublin. Danielle conceived (and partly financed) the new National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity College Dublin where classes started in Sept 2011.
James finishes up in Dublin this week and is heading ... Read More »
Grow – Friday Frame # 09
Posted on Friday, Nov 18th, 2011 in Friday Frame | Photography News by Alan Murphy | Add Comment
This week's Friday Frame is from Limerick based photographer Sean Curtin. It comes from the Grow exhibition which I had the please to visit during the week. As it is finishing on Sunday you will need to rush to catch it in the Gallery of Photography - but it is well worth the visit.
Record price for a Photograph
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 15th, 2011 in Photography News by Alan Murphy | Add Comment
A new record price for a photograph has been set at 4.3 ml dollars. The photograph "Rhein II" was created in 1999 by German photographer Andreas Gursky and was sold at an action in New York earlier this month. Tell us what you think of the image?
Mother and Children with Bible and Gun– Friday Frame # 8
Posted on Friday, Nov 11th, 2011 in Friday Frame | Photography News by Alan Murphy | Add Comment
This weeks Friday Frame is by Anthony Haughey. The photograph, entitled "Mother and Children with Bible and Gun", is from the series "Home" (1992). It was part of a larger body of work produced with four different families living in Ballymun. It has been exhibited in more than twenty countries and is in the collection of the Victorian and Albert Museum, London
It is also the image that illustrates the cover ... Read More »
A Darkness Visible:Afghanistan
Posted on Wednesday, Nov 9th, 2011 in Photography News by Alan Murphy | Add Comment
Based on 14 trips to Afghanistan between 1994 and 2010, A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan is the work of renowned photojournalist Seamus Murphy. His work chronicles a people caught time and again in political turmoil, struggling to find their way.
Based on 14 trips to Afghanistan between 1994 and 2010, A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan is the work of photojournalist Seamus Murphy. His work chronicles a people caught time and again in political ... Read More »
Mac Sweeney’s PhotoShop (Cork) in Liquidation
Posted on Wednesday, Nov 9th, 2011 in Photography News by Alan Murphy | 4 Comments
Following a creditors meeting this morning Mac Sweeney's PhotoShop in Cork has gone into liquidation. They closed their doors yesterday. The MacSweeny Name has been in the photography business selling cameras and processing film since 1916, having had the first black and white processing lab in Ireland . Denis MacSweeny Photoshop has been operating in Cork since 1990.
Connaught Rugby Calendar for Cope Galway – Friday Frame # 7
Posted on Friday, Nov 4th, 2011 in Friday Frame | Photography News by Alan Murphy | Add Comment
This week's Friday Frame is the front cover of the Connacht Rugby calendar. It was an idea Clare O'Regan, of Core Photography, came up with two years ago as her love from rugby blossomed and her photographic work with Cope Galway increased.
Cope Galway is a crisis homeless charity based in Galway .They help the homeless, victims of domestic violence and provide meals on wheels.
Connacht Rugby has ... Read More »
