The Darkroom | Dublin, IE | 17-25 May | 2019

Opening Night: Thursday 16 May, 6pm

Diversity of Four is a group show organized by The Darkroom during PhotoIreland Festival, bringing together four artists who share a mutual interest in analogue photography and techniques. I was invited to present a selection of images from my series Fragments along with Róisín White, Bob Gallagher and Aoife Fogarty. The exhibition was part of the Open Programme of satellite exhibitions of PhotoIreland Festival.

About the artists:

Giulia Berto’s work investigates the emotional aftermath of lovers in a long-distance relationship. Berto’s photographs capture ephemeral moments within a relationship. By expressing the feelings and sentiments explored throughout her journey, she invites the viewer to be transported to three cities, four countries and two continents.

Róisín White will share an insight into her practice and visual research by presenting her artist books relating to her recent project. This body of work examines Irish folk tradition and culture around pregnancy, childbirth and the protection of children from malevolent forces.

Bob Gallagher is a filmmaker, presenting a series of 3D black and white portraits. Investigating the still image and transforming it into a moving image using a 3D Camera. The camera he is using shoots four perspectives at once, so it gives the effect of freezing a moment, while giving you a sense that the image is moving within that moment.

Aoife Fogarty is a graduate of TU’s BA in Fine Art. Her work investigates the seaside town of Courtown in County Wexford. Looking back on idyllic summer holidays spent in the village as a child and what it now represents, a new and different memory emerges as the place of her father’s untimely death. Now things seem not as bright or as wonderful, her images show the reality that is sticky fingers and sandy sandwiches.

The Darkroom was founded in 2010 by Visual Artist and Photographer Mella Travers. Beginning as a small space at the artist collective Block T in Smithfield, The Darkroom has expanded and grown, and in 2016 moved to a purposely fitted and designed space centrally located in Stoneybatter. Housing a studio, gallery, and a large, black and white darkroom.