In Retrospect - John Minihan

everyday images into the realm of art and truth....

Greyfriars Gallery

Launch 11th Sept @ 8pm

Runs 12th Sept to 1st Oct 09

Born in Dublin in 1946, Minihan was raised in Athy from the age of four months until he was 11. His father died before he was born; his mother abandoned him to the care of her sister before emigrating to England.

"My aunt, Mary Collison, reared me, and I've always regarded my aunt and uncle as my parents," says Minihan. "My mother died six years ago. She married again and had four more children. I saw her only twice, the last time when I was 11. That was never a disruptive thing in my life, because I had so much love from my aunt and uncle."

At the age of 11, Minihan went to live in London, leaving school to work as an office boy at the Daily Mail, where he began his career as a photographer. "I was one of 10 runners on the editorial floor of the evening news,'' he says. "'Part of my job involved going up to the darkroom; I got to know the technicians there. After three months, an opening in the darkroom came up and my five-year apprenticeship there began my life as a photographer."

On trips back to Athy with his Rolleiflex, he began to photograph subjects there, starting with the wedding of a friend. `'I began photographing Athy at the age of 16," he says. "By the mid-1960s I was becoming aware of the importance of the work I was doing documenting life there."

A style began to emerge, influenced at first by the work of Edward S Curtis, who documented the lives of native Americans, and the work of the Hungarian Andre Kertesz, who pioneered the photography of the candid moment. The crucial event that pulled Minihan's Athy work together came in February 1977, when a local woman, Katie Tyrrell, died.

Minihan asked a publican friend, Bertie Doyle, to ask her family for permission to photograph the wake. The family agreed, and for two days and three nights Minihan photographed the events from Tyrrell's deathbed to her grave.

In between documenting Athy on visits home, Minihan continued his career on Fleet Street, which included the iconic snap of a 19-year-old Lady Diana Spencer in the garden of the nursery she worked at, the morning sun to her back, her legs in silhouette through her skirt.

John Minihan on RTE's Late Late Show 21-Apr-2006

 

Your invite to the Launch Night

 

Samuel Beckett's "Endgame", Albert Theatre, London, 2004. Lee Evans as Clov, Michael Gambon as Hamm	Painter David Hockney and John Minihan, Notting Hill Gate Carnival, 1976
John Hurt, Krapps Last Tape, London 1999	Lady Diana Spencer, New England Kindergarten, London, 1980
Artists Gilbert & George, London, 1989	Samuel Beckett - Photographs by John Minihan

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South East Photographers Exhibition

Waterford Treasures Museum @ The Granary Gallery

An exhibition of work by a group of photographers based in Waterford and the SE which include Aileen Drohan, Leo Murphy, Terry Murphy, Eoin Murphy, Patrick Browne, PJ Browne, Michael Durand, Joe Evans, John Power, Gerry O' Carroll. The proceeds from the sales of the prints will go to the SECF/SOLAS

Bird by Gerry O'Carroll	Shamie by Joe Evans

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Cyril Helnwein

"Downtown"

Online Exhibition

all images for sale - for prices please e mail waterford Fringe

Central Avenue	16th Street
LA Times	LA Times & City Hall
2nd Street Tunnel	Hill St
Olive St Tunnel	4th St Bridge
4th St Bridge Tug of War	4th and Beaudry
Olympic Blvd	City Hall
Public Library	Olympic Blvd 2

Full Catalogue of image by Cyril Helnwein

Check out his web site www.cyrilhelnwein.com

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SOMA Contemporary Art Box announces

“POP (won't eat itself)”

a group exhibition of work from artists all connected by a love of skateboards .

 

September 25th to October 17th 2009

 

With this exhibition we will show the rich diversity of art forms found in the culture of skateboarding.

 

Opening reception Friday September 25th at 7:30pm

 

 

VISITOR INFORMATION: Exhibition continues until October 17th. The Gallery is open Thursdays- Saturdays, 1 pm - 5pm and also by appointment. Admission is free. The Gallery is located at 21 The Mall, next door to La Palma. Contact: SOMAwaterford@gmail.com.

www.somacontemporary.com

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Weapons

An exhibition of paintings by

Blaise Smith

Garter Lane Gallery

(Beside Delaney’s Florist)

12 September – 31 October

Tuesday – Saturday 11.00am – 5.30pm

T. 051 877153  

 

 

Weapons obsess western society. They appear relentlessly on television and in the media. We are martial, whether we like it or not.
As a painter, an observer, Kilkenny artist, Blaise Smith believes we have a duty to look closely at something that is central to society. He has done the looking for you.  
Blaise Smith was granted unprecedented access to the Army's weapons and made 14 paintings of different forms of weapon, including the soldiers themselves.  

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The AIB Photojournalism Exhibition 2008

Waterford City Library, Monday 14th to Friday 25th September 2009

Steve Humphreys, Irish Independent-AIB Photojournalist of the Year 2008

 

THE FACE OF FASHION

Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe surveys the fashion students entries for the hotly contested Persil Fashion Awards 2008, at Dunnes Stores, Henry Street, Dublin

 

The AIB Photojournalism Awards & Exhibition pay tribute to and celebrate the very best work from members of the Press Photographers Association of Ireland.

 

Entries for the prestigious awards reached a record high this year, with over 1,900 images entered by 120 photographers.  The International Judging Panel selected winners across the nine categories – News, Features, Sports Action, Sports Features, People, Individual Study, The Arts, Politics, Picture Story and a special Humour Award. The overall AIB Photojournalist of the Year 2008 title was awarded to Steve Humphreys, Irish Independent.

 

This is the 7th year the Awards & Exhibition have been organised in partnership with AIB.

 

The AIB Photojournalism Exhibition will be on display in Waterford City Library from Monday, 14th to Friday, 25th September 2009.

 

To view the winning images online, please visit www.ppai.ie.

 

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La Festival by Marley Irish

@ Bodega Restaurant

Marley Irish works from her studio in Slieverue Co Kilkenny.
A registered Professional Artist, her work is displayed in both public & public galleries in Ireland and abroad.

Marley is a peoples person and enjoys capturing groups and performance in the ballet, opera, festivals of all types and races. Well known for her pastels, she now concentrates primilarily in oils, acrylic and mixed media to much critical aclai, with vivid colour shooting through mass movement of people.

A regular exhibitor at Wexford Opera, Kilkenny Arts Week and with Art Ireland in Cork, Galway and Dublin, she also held solo exhibitons in Austrailia, USA, Philippines, Venice and Vienna.

Marley is a active member of the Waterford Art Group and has been the Arts Co-ordinator for Ormonde College during the Kilkenny Arts Festival since 1992.

 

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MORE WEDDING BELLS:

 

A new selection of Annie Brophy’s Wedding Photographs, 1920s-1970s

 

Annie Brophy was a photographer of great skill and vision who lived and worked in Waterford city for much of the 20th century.  She did not photograph the rich and famous, she photographed the real people of her place, the city that was her home and the surrounding counties.  Her photographs always capture a moment in time, allowing us all the pleasure of experiencing that moment and those people.

 

Most families in the city and surrounding area have treasured examples of Miss Brophy’s work in their homes.  Every bit as important as the photographs themselves are the memories people have of the day and time they were taken.  A visit to her studio in Barker Street was an integral part of many important events in people’s lives.

 

Figure 1: Jim Quinn, Birr, Co Offaly, & Kitty O’Neill, Parnell Street, Waterford Married Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity 4th September 1945

Waterford City Council has purchased her entire collection as a fitting tribute to the life’s work of this wonderful woman.

 

This exhibition, the ninth organised from the Collection by Waterford City Archives, features another new selection from the over 60,000 negatives held by the Archives!  On this occasion the theme is again WEDDINGS and will showcase 72 wedding groups spanning the length of Miss Brophy’s long and productive career.  The earliest photograph dates from 1929 and the latest is from 1974.  The exhibition includes couples from Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Offaly, Dublin, Donegal and London!  The content and style of the photographs is varied, ranging from couples to large groups.  The settings also vary from studio to garden to church.  Each and every one of the pictures tells the story of young (and not so young) couples beginning their lives together.

 

Figure 2: The only information we have for this photograph is “33.    Mrs. Pizzey, 61 Kinveachy Gardens, London”.  Can anybody help to identify this couple

The exhibition will take place in the Christ Church Cathedral, one of the city’s most iconic buildings.  Christ Church has been a constant presence in Waterford, in one form or another, since the 11th century.  Built on a site of Christian worship which dates back to 1050, and probably before, the building is steeped in history.

 

Donal Moore, City Archivist, said “Christ Church Cathedral is a venue of superior quality and unique atmosphere in the heart of the city.  It plays a vital role in the cultural life of Waterford and is one of the finest Georgian buildings in the country.  It is a wonderful and appropriate location for this exhibition.  As usual we have identified as many of the subjects as possible over the last few months.  However there are still some that we need help with.  I hope that people will come along to see if they are featured in the exhibition or who they can recognise.”

 

The exhibition takes place as part of Heritage Week and the Archives Awareness Campaign- an ongoing celebration of all kinds of fascinating archive treasures throughout Ireland and the United Kingdom.  For further details on Heritage Week events, locally, nationally and internationally, see www.heritageweek.ie .  For further details on Archives Awareness Campaign events, locally, nationally and internationally, see www.archiveawareness.com .

 

Figure 3: Des Hodge, 70 Johnstown, & Lucy Rea, 1 Saint Carthage's Avenue, Waterford Married Ballybricken Church 4th March 1972

 

The exhibition will run from Friday 21st August until Saturday 26th September 2009 in Christ Church Cathedral, Cathedral Square, Waterford.

Opening hours are Monday-Friday, 10.00-18.00; Saturday, 10.00-16.00

Admission is FREE

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