Spectral Pastoral
Tony McAteer
PhotoIreland
English
Softcover
Edition of 200
36 pages
150 x 210 mm
2026
Spectral Pastoral has grown out of a love of landscape paintings, prints and photography. In particular our emotive conceiving of the land as a representation and reflection of personal and cultural sensibilities. Shot in woodlands, parks and farmland the series plays on the magical realism of landscape and draws heavily on the imagery of folklore and myth; an iconography of a deep-rooted psychological attachment to the land, attuned to its enchantment, portents and cycles. In a time of deep uncertainty & mistrust and with a heightened sense of unknown forces working behind the scenes or beneath the surface, the series rummages and rebuilds from an intuitive engagement with nature. With this work I set out to be moved by landscape into spaces of myth, allegory & imagination.
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About the Artists
Tony McAteer is a photographer from Belfast now living in Wiltshire, UK.
https://tonymcateer.co.uk
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About the Publisher
PhotoIreland grows the reputation of Irish artists globally through a 360 degree support system and platform for contemporary photography, activated through a diversity of projects. These include events such as PhotoIreland Festival and Halftone print fair amongst others; resources such as the PhotoIreland Collection, a specialised research library of photobooks, and Ireland’s Art Bookshop, The Library Project; via publishing with projects such as OVER Journal and TLP Editions; professional development support through networking and consultancy opportunities; and empowering early and mid-career photographers via our international partnerships, most relevantly through Creative Europe co-funded platforms such as FUTURES and Parallel.
https://photoireland.org
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TLP Editions’ goal is to create a collection of emerging talent and new projects in the form of accessible and inexpensive publications
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