The Dark Pool Paul Corcoran

Dark pools promise liquidity without visibility. This photography project treats that hidden market as both subject and metaphor, tracing how power operates through opacity. It considers a financial system that hides in plain sight—embedded in everyday infrastructures yet rarely perceived directly. The work stages scenes where information circulates but never fully appears. Figures are implied through screens, cables, and architectural voids, suggesting decisions made elsewhere yet structuring everyday life. The images approach finance as a social fiction that organises behaviour while remaining largely unseen. The series invites viewers to consider markets not as neutral mechanisms, but as carefully maintained imaginaries whose shadows shape the visible world and our shared economic imagination.
(Source: https://www.thelibraryproject.ie/collections/tlp-editions/products/the-dark-pool-paul-corcoran)

About the Artist
Paul Corcoran is an Irish photographer and artist.
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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.
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