Here and then - Dublin during the recent recession

Photographer Gregory Dunn's photo-book is an interesting look at Dublin at the end of the boom and in the depths of the recent recession

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Photographer Gregory Dunn's photo-book is an interesting, often abstract look at Dublin at the end of the boom and during the recent recession - All Hallows Eve - "Halloween 2014 at O'Devaney Gardens, during a stand-off between locals and An Garda Síochána. The Guardians of the Peace were no match for the zeal of the local citizens as their traditional bonfire went up in flames seconds before the authorities were able to dismantle it."

Lockers - "This wonderful assortment of lockers at Donnybrook Bus Garage puts me in mind of my daughter Fay who, some years ago, raised on a diet of US teen television such as Saved By The Bell, approached one of the numerous American marching bands at the assembly point of the Saint Patrick's Day parade and asked "Do you guys have lockers?? She was, a little later on, to have her own locker at secondary school. "

Crucified - "This wonderful relic, possibly dating back to the 1970's at the rear of Hill Street flats was, in recent years power-hosed away for ever as part of Dublin City Council's renovation programme. I would love to know the story behind the placement of the security cameras and just how deliberate the decision was. Either their positioning was entirely random, sectarian, highly insensitive or perhaps designed to appeal to the in-built superstition of any God-fearing thieves or vandals. "

Missing Virgin - "The moving statue in question had been spirited away some time ago from the Fire Brigade maintenance depot near Smithfield to the re-cycling centre up the road at Grangegorman leaving behind this rather wonderful two-dimensional representation of the grotto at Lourdes. The thing that interests me about this mural is that it's not an actual portrayal of the caves at Lourdes where the Marian apparitions reputedly took place; instead the scene has been inspired by a second-generation sub-urban rockery-style interpretation of the Massabielle Grotto. "

Thu Aug 03 2017 - 12:22

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