It takes two people to create a portrait and, as “Island Portrait” illustrates, approaches vary. Some of the work comes out of documentary and editorial practice, and some is conceptual or experimental. The themes run from intimacy and vulnerability to youth, gender, sexuality, migration and memory, and questions of identity and belonging.
The photographers are Rhiannon Adam, Linda Brownlee, Shia Conlon, Sofia De Rosa, Megan Doherty, Eamonn Doyle, Rich Gilligan, Patryk Gizicki, Eimear Lynch, Gareth McConnell, Scott Nokia, Cian Oba-Smith, Timothy O’Connell, Miriam O’Connor, Conor O’Leary and Dónal Talbot.
The show is the work of SO Fine Art Editions, a Dublin contemporary gallery on the second floor of the Powerscourt Centre on South William Street, and Island Photographers, an artist-led project set up to build an audience for contemporary photography in Ireland. The group runs workshops, exhibitions and talks, and since January 2023 has hosted sessions where photographers present work and get critical feedback from their peers.
Island Portrait is at SO Fine Art Editions on the second floor of the Powerscourt Centre, South William Street, Dublin 2, until November 27th
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