Inner Field
Shane Lynam
PhotoIreland
English
Softcover
Edition of 200
32 pages
148 x 210 mm
2016
ISBN 9780957684911
There’s a common visual vocabulary used to represent Dublin. Whether you agree with it or not, it shapes how the city is perceived externally. The narrative, which Lynam has been trying to weave together for the past four years, with Inner Field, tries to go beyond the cliches sometimes associated with such a small city. While searching for a theme or topic he visited every corner of Dublin and tried to leave no stone unturned. The process of looking for his next body of work became the work itself. The lack of defined parameters meant that he could shoot on a more instinctual level. At times the landscape was repetitive and boring, so my eye would focus on the banal shapes and forms sticking out on the street. I was drawn to the surrealism of what remained of the inner city. I was interested in the rhythm and rituals. I felt like a researcher or an archaeologist collecting objects and observations in the field, in order to bring them back, study and compare them with what I had collected previously. Patterns began to emerge which were then used as reference when I visited other parts of the city. Although Inner Field may portray a fictional space, the lack of familiar landmarks does not make it any more or less true than the version of Dublin that has been cultivated in the collective psyche and reinforced by the media over the years.
Designed by Ángel Luis González Fernández
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About the Artist
Shane Lynam is a photographer based in Dublin. In September 2024 he debuted his latest project, Pebbledash Wonderland, at Photo Museum Ireland. This exhibition marked the culmination of a two-year ‘Exhibition Development Residency’ at the museum. His first book, Fifty High Seasons, was published in September 2018. Shane is represented by Galerie Bertrand Grimont in Paris. Alongside his personal projects, Shane lectures in the School of Media at TU Dublin and in the Photography and Design Department at Griffith College Dublin. He also works on selected architectural and editorial projects and commissions. Please get in touch to learn more about this work.
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About The Series
Selected by an international panel of 23 professionals, New Irish Works brings you a selection of 20 projects and 20 photographers representing the diverse range of practices coming from Ireland. New Irish Works 2016 is a year long project of 10 presentations and 20 publications that aims to highlight the great moment Irish Photography is experiencing.
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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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