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‘Man on Bridge’ – Dublin street photography 23 Aug 2013 | 09:18 pm
Just a quick post to bring your attention to an exciting project which features the type of vernacular photography that I love. ‘Man on Bridge’ is a documentary which will look at the work of Arthur F...
Connemara in colour: photographs of the West of Ireland, August 1968 8 Aug 2013 | 02:05 am
My guess is that these colour photographs of the West of Ireland were most likely taken by a professional photographer as the verso refers to them as test shots. The warm brown tones and violet blues ...
Pet Pictures (2) – Irish dog photographs 1885-1910 22 Jul 2013 | 08:18 pm
I have posted photographs of dogs and their owners taken in Irish studios before and thought that this pair were a nice addition to the series. They were taken by two very different studios: the Wynne...
Celebrity culture in Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’: photos of Martin Harvey and Maud Branscombe 16 Jun 2013 | 03:42 am
I’ve written a few blog posts on the photographic references within Joyce’s Ulysses including one on Milly Bloom’s photographic apprenticeship. This Bloomsday, I thought I’d focus on two celebrity por...
All the Fun of the Fair, Queen’s College, Belfast, May 1894 11 Jun 2013 | 04:03 am
This photographic souvenir of the Students’ Union Fête at Queen’s College, Belfast was produced by the well-known photographer Abernethy. The 1894 fête/fair was organised to raise funds for a new buil...
Painted baby, carte-de-visite by Edmund G. Ganly of Dublin, 1860s 22 Apr 2013 | 02:09 am
This bizarre object is evidence of heavy-handed colouring carried out to such an extent that the original photograph is almost totally obscured. The cartouche on the back of the carte-de-visite reads ...
A postcard from purgatory, Lough Derg, County Donegal, 1913 8 Apr 2013 | 04:32 am
This postcard was produced by the Dublin firm of Lawrence and dates from 1913. The photograph was taken to mark the visit of Cardinal Logue to the ancient pilgrimage site on Station Island, Lough Derg...
Revolutionary fashion at the Central Studio, Dublin 15 Mar 2013 | 02:34 am
I bought this photograph because I love images of girls wearing glasses. Her cloche hat, tapestry/brocade coat and corsage epitomise 1920s cool. The photograph was taken in The Central Studio, 13 Nort...
Little Ada Cowper visits the Royal Panopticon of Science & Art, Dublin, 1867 17 Feb 2013 | 01:23 am
This little girl, Ada Josephine Cowper, was born in Dublin in 1865 and her family lived at 29 Fitzwilliam Place. Thanks to the online availability of church records I have been able to find out someth...
Changing Dublin – Liffey views from the 1970s 6 Feb 2013 | 03:33 am
These photographs form part of a series taken by an amateur photographer ca. 1975. They had been put together into a scrapbook with the title ‘The River Liffey – From Leixlip to Bull Wall’ and follow ...
