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Steve Ryan
Catholic Ireland

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Religious statues and grottos are commonly found in housing estates, schools, crossroads, churches, railway crossings and town squares throughout Ireland. Many were erected in the Marian year of 1954 as a celebration of Mary and to protect an area and bless the people around them.

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Robert Ellis
New Line

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Robert Ellis was born in Dublin in 1984 and is a graduate of MFA Photography in the University of Ulster, Belfast. His photography, which has been exhibited in Ireland and abroad, often deals with the notion of “home”. Working with small rural communities, his photographs rely on inherent or l...

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Paolo Patruno
Redemption

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Paolo Patruno is a humanitarian photographer who creates evocative, compelling images which promote action and change for the sake of the most vulnerable people in the world. Paolo’s social documentary work gives a powerful voice to the people that need support by capturing the real need fo...

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Miriam O Connor
Attention Seekers

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Miriam O’ Connor was born in Cork, Ireland in 1973 and currently lives and works in Dublin. In 2007 she graduated with an honors degree in photography from Dublin Institute of Technology. Funded by the Higher Education Authority of Ireland, O’ Connor recently completed a Research M...

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Mertxe Alarcón
Self-portraits

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Her first contact with photography was at age 16. She started working in photography shops then worked in photo labs for 15 years (Fuji Film Spain among them). During 2 years focuses in architectural photography, traveling throughout Spain. Then she guide her steps into publishing, fi...

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Matteo Bastianelli
Post war in the Balkans

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I am a 26 free-lance photographer, filmmaker and journalist based between Rome and Sarajevo. In 2007 I started working on long-term documentary projects, focusing mainly on social issues and post war consequences in the Balkans.

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Marta Bielska
Mystery and charm

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Born in Plock (Poland) in 1978. From the youngest years she was involved with a creative environment, exhibitions and photography.
In 1997 to 2000 she participated in many seminars and courses about photography, and she was also involved with organisation of exhibitions and cultural...

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Maider Kuadra
Reflection in a mirror

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My interest in photography began when I was a child, because my grandfather was a photographer and his home was always full of photographs and cameras. Since then they caught my attention, I was intrigued to see those people of the past. Over time I studied photography at the Sc...

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Jon Reid
Predominantly Orange

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A few years ago I started to notice that safety cones were appearing in some of my street photography. Of course, they are designed to be highly visible, to alert us to the presence of perceived danger, to keep us separated from danger or perhaps just to reduce the likelihood of litiga...

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Evi Karagiannidi: The Camera in Wonderland

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Evi leads us on a trip of questions through her visual suggestions. She makes us wonder whether she reflects the history of the place or unfolds a personal story in front of our eyes through her camera. Evi Karagiannidi’s story, like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, shifts ...

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