Call for Photobooks: PhotoIreland at Daegu Photo Biennale & Seoul

PhotoIreland has been invited to join the Daegu Photo Biennale‘s Portfolio Reviews 2024 this September.

PhotoIreland always seeks creative ways to maximise any and all opportunities, opening them to artists whenever possible. In this case, proposing a productive way to extend the purpose of this visit to Korea in order to promote Irish artists to international audiences and professionals through the presentation of a selection of publications — following the success of Photobook/NZ.

PhotoIreland is calling artists in and from Ireland interested in promoting their practice in Daegu and Seoul, Korea, to reach out and provide a publication that represents their practice.

Deadline to apply 6pm Wednesday 28th August. Publications should be received by 6pm Friday 30th August.

ENERGY: FUTURES comes to Dublin

Launch 6pm Thu 17 October 2024
Exhibition Running 18 October–10 November 2024
Meet Up 18-19 October 2024
Critical Practice Reviews 18 October 2024

PhotoIreland and the FUTURES Photography Platform launches the exhibition ENERGY: Redistributing Power and Taming Consumption, accompanied by a three-day programme of events, kindly supported by Creative Europe and the Arts Council of Ireland.

Each year, a number of FUTURES members co-curate an international travelling exhibition. The exhibition is launched at the members' respective countries accompanied by the Meet Up event that acts as a get together point for invited international and local professionals and local artists. This year's exhibition ENERGY: Redistributing Power and Taming Consumption is co-curated by members FOTODOK, PhotoIreland, and the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, with Fotomuseum Antwerpen as publishing partner.

Image: Launch night of ENERGY Exhibition at Capa Center, Budapest, 2023. Courtesy of Capa Center.

FUTURES is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and the Arts Council of Ireland through the Co-Funding Award.

Open Call for Critical Practice Reviews

Artists of all levels based on the island of Ireland and Irish artist abroad are welcome to participate in the Critical Practice Reviews organised by PhotoIreland in Dublin on the 18th October 2024 as part of the FUTURES Meet-Up programme.

A number of Access Bursaries are made available to provide an equal opportunity for all artists by facilitating and accommodating those with specific requirements and circumstances that normally prevent the artist from participating fully in their practice.

Deadline to apply 6pm Friday 20th September.

Image: FUTURES Meet Up Event 2023 at FOMU, Antwerp. Image Credit: Monday Agbonzee Jr.

FUTURES is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and the Arts Council of Ireland through the Co-Funding Award.

The Library Project August Highlights

As Ireland’s Art Bookshop, we have over 800 Photobook titles from Ireland and beyond, including some coveted collector’s items, contemporary artist books, magazines and zines - local and international, carefully selected and fun titles for young people, as well as a diverse range of books on design, architecture, photo and art texts and theory, and other essentials for creatives.

Check out our highlights and recommendations for August:

- TLP Editions is an ongoing collection, produced and designed by PhotoIreland, that presents work by contemporary Irish artists in the form of uncomplicated publications. These editions are regularly showcased and donated to international events and festivals, and grace some important shelves and collections, including that of the Hasselblad Foundation Library and the Martin Parr Foundation. Check out the latest nine publications in the collection by artists Alex Sinclair, Billy Kenrick, Emi O'Connell, Frankie Malone, Kevin Griffin, Mary Furlong, Philip Arneill, Sarah Navan, and Suella Holland, with many more to come in 2024.
- We're very excited to be featured in this wonderful collection of bookshops throughout Europe and the America's. The Bookshop Guide: Independent Publishing Spots is a must have for lovers of bookshops!
- Fancy Situations is about situations, situations you get in when you fancy someone, featuring paintings by artist Salvatore of Lucan, on occasion of his solo exhibition at the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery.
- Cruising for a Bruising is a camp love letter to the Australian Suburbs by artist Kyle Archie Knight. They delve into family archives and reconnect with past memories of estrangement, finding humour and delight in what was once alienating and suffocating.
- Go Home Polish, a long awaited Photobook by Michal Iwanowski, documenting his 1,900 walk from Wales to Poland in search of a definition of 'home' in post-Brexit Europe.
- Back in stock, the popular Bláthanna draws on Irish countryside textures and seasonal blooms, elegant rooms and magnificent exteriors, showing how creativity with flowers can be inspired and reimagined. By the team behind florists Appassionata Flowers and photographer Yvette Monahan.

All these and much more at The Library Project online and in our shop at 4 Temple Bar Street, Dublin 2.

Last days to visit Young Dubliners as
The Library Project closes for September

Ten years on, the iconic photograph of a young couple at the back of the bus still resonates. Featuring previously unpublished photographs, Daragh Soden’s Young Dubliners book is available to purchase from The Library Project.

Visitors have an opportunity to view a selection of prints from Daragh Soden’s Young Dubliners body of work at The Library Project until the 27th of August. These fabulous C-type prints on Fuji Crystal Archive Matte paper are available for purchase unframed, signed and numbered, in two sizes: 35x35cm and 60x60cm. Get your favourite one!

Every September, The Library Project art bookshop closes to accommodate an exhibition by Black Church Print Studio. Bookshop visitors can still browse and shop online at thelibraryproject.ie with free collections being facilitated and international postage available. We close our doors for installation on the 28th August and the bookshop will re-open fully on the 5th October.

Do you know what PhotoIreland does?

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.

Find out more about PhotoIreland at photoireland.org
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