This week, in our ‘Artists Corner’, ICC Digital brings you, another sublime photograph from the gallery of the great Irish photographer Tony O’Shea.
Today’s heart-touching photograph brings us back three decades to Christmas 1991, North Side Dublin, where an innocent child walks by a row of hanging Christmas turkeys.
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Christmas Turkey Market, Mary’s Lane, Dublin 1991.
This photograph was part of the major exhibition of Tony’s work, which was commissioned and curated by “”The Gallery Of photography, Ireland”. The exhibition was accompanied by a new publication, Tony O Shea’s “The Light Of Day” (by RRB Books), which has an essay by Irish Writer Colm Tóibín.
Previous photographs from the gallery of Tony O’Shea can be still be viewed on ICCDigital.
About Tony O’Shea
Tony O’Shea studied English and Philosophy at University College Dublin and towards the end of the 1970s became increasingly interested in photography. By 1981 he had begun working full-time as a photographer with ‘In Dublin’ magazine and went on to work for Sunday Business Post for many years. His first book Dubliners, including a text by Colm Tóibín was published by Macdonald Illustrated.
Tony O’Shea’s photographs and his exhibition ‘The Light Of Day’ are available to buy from ‘The Gallery Of Photography – Ireland’ https://www.photobooks.site/
His book ‘The Light of Day’ is available to buy from RRB Books
His book ‘Dubliners’ is available to buy on AmazonHis book ‘Dubliners’ is available to buy on Amazon
