Magnum Ireland
Edited by Brigitte Lardinois and Val Williams
Thames & Hudson
English
Introduction by John Banville
Essays by Anthony Cronin, Nuala O’Faolain, Eamonn McCann, Fintan O’Toole, Colm Toibin, Anne Enright
Donated by the OPW 2022.
Hardcover
256 Pages
259 x 260 mm
2005
ISBN 9780500543030
This book offers a stunning photographic survey of Ireland over the last seven decades, from the 1950s to the present day. Organized decade by decade, the images show the lingering influence of rural life in the 1950s; the hidden story of ordinary Irish men and women, living in a divided society during the troubled years of the sectarian conflict; the South’s huge economic growth at the end of 1990s, baptised the ‘Celtic Tiger’, and Ireland’s perpetual quest for identity, from the 1950s to the present day. Each decade is commented on by a notable contemporary Irish literary figure: Anthony Cronin, Nuala O’Faolain, Eamonn McCann, Fintan O’Toole, Colm Tóibín and Anne Enright invite the reader to dive into the social and political context of each period, providing a textual backdrop to the photographers’ work.
(source: https://moom.cat/en/item/magnum-ireland)
About the Editors
Brigitte Lardinois is Reader in the Understanding of Public Photography at the London College of Communication at the University of the Arts in London. She was Director of the Photography and the Archive Research Centre (PARC) at the University of the Arts in London from ifrom October 2018 – February 2023. From 1985-1995 she worked as an Exhibition Organiser and Curator at the Barbican Art Gallery where she specialised in the setting up of their photography exhibitions. In 1995 she joined the staff of Magnum Photos to set up their Cultural Department in London. She was involved in many Magnum group exhibitions, notably Magnum Ireland, as well as solo shows for Henri Cartier-Bresson, Martin Parr, Josef Koudelka, Eve Arnold, Elliott Erwitt and many others.
(source: https://researchers.arts.ac.uk/558-brigitte-lardinois)
Val Williams is a curator and writer based in London and is Professor of the History and Culture of Photography at the University of the Arts London, founder Director of the Photography and the Archive Research Centre (2003-2018) and of the Moose on the Loose Biennale of Research (2009-2016). She is also an editor of the Journal of Photography & Culture and member of the Board of Fast Forward, Women in Photography, and co- convener of its biannual conference. She teaches on the MA Photography course at London College of Communication.
(source: https://researchers.arts.ac.uk/1068-val-williams)
About the Publisher
Thames & Hudson was founded in 1949 by Walter and Eva Neurath. Their passion and mission was to create a ‘museum without walls’ and to make accessible to a large reading public the world of art and the research of top scholars. To reflect its international outlook the name for the company linked the rivers flowing through London and New York, represented in its logo by two dolphins symbolizing friendship and intelligence, one facing east, one west, suggesting a connection between the Old World and the New. Today, still an independent, family-owned company, Thames & Hudson is one of the world’s leading publishers of illustrated books with over 2,000 titles in print. They publish high-quality books across all areas of visual creativity: the arts (fine, applied, decorative, performing), architecture, design, photography, fashion, film and music, and also archaeology, history and popular culture.
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