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John Hinde and his Fabulous Colourful Postcards

John Hinde and his Fabulous Colourful Postcards

Hinde was an innovator in a world where serious photography was black and white, and where colour photography was poor – because neither Ireland nor Britain had the technological capabilities to reproduce the vibrant hues Hinde dreamed of. ...
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‘I Am A Camera’: Jill Freedman’s Street Photography

‘I Am A Camera’: Jill Freedman’s Street Photography

“Woody Guthrie had his guitar that said this machine kills fascists. I’d love to do that with a camera” – Jill Freedman ...
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Horses, Drink And God: Martin Parr’s Visions Of Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland 1981-1983

Horses, Drink And God: Martin Parr’s Visions Of Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland 1981-1983

"I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar." ...
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Edwin Smith: Photographing Beauty In Everyday Landscapes

Edwin Smith: Photographing Beauty In Everyday Landscapes

"I am an architect by training, a painter by inclination, and a photographer by necessity" - Edwin Smith ...
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Great Portraits of Ireland and The Irish At The Turn of The 19th Century

Great Portraits of Ireland and The Irish At The Turn of The 19th Century

"There is a time when individuals can bear to be rallied for their past follies and absurdities, after they have acquired new habits and a new consciousness. Nations, as well as individuals, gradually lose attachment to their identity, and the present generation is amused, rather than offended, by the ridicule that is thrown upon its ancestors" - Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent ...
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Koen Wessing: The Indelible Image of Post-War Conflict

Koen Wessing: The Indelible Image of Post-War Conflict

'You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on' - Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable ...
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“Stuff the Jubilee” – The Gordon Highlanders on Patrol in Belfast in 1977/78

“Stuff the Jubilee” – The Gordon Highlanders on Patrol in Belfast in 1977/78

At the time of the Queen's Silver Jubilee the Gordon Highlanders were based at Palace Barracks, Holywood near Belfast. ...
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Fabulous Snapshots Of 1960s Ireland

Fabulous Snapshots Of 1960s Ireland

From Dublin to Galway and Kildare, a terrific gallery of snapshots of Irish life in the 1960s ...
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Fascinating Photos of Dublin in 1973

Fascinating Photos of Dublin in 1973

Photos of Dublin in May 1973 by Heinrich Klaffs. Ireland had just joined the EEC ...
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Life Is Elsewhere: Abandoned Schools In The Irish Countryside

Life Is Elsewhere: Abandoned Schools In The Irish Countryside

Cork-based Enda O’Flaherty's photographs of abandoned schools in Ireland are haunting, colorful, eerie and make ...
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Glorious John Hinde postcards of Dublin c.1970.

Glorious John Hinde postcards of Dublin c.1970.

John Wilfrid Hinde was born in Somerset in 1916 and trained at the Reimann School ...
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Watch A Mug’s Game Or How to Squash a Lemon Head, by Desmond MacNamara (1967)

Watch A Mug’s Game Or How to Squash a Lemon Head, by Desmond MacNamara (1967)

A Mug's Game OR How to Squash a Lemon Head (1967) comes with the message "Choose ...
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