ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE:
MARY MCINTYRE
Interviewed by Richard West
Location: Artist's home, Belfast
Date: February 2014
Still taken from: 'Art of the Troubles - Mary McIntyre'
Chapter 4:
(Chapter 4 of 19, Running Time: 00:13:31)
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Chapter 4 Synopsis:
- Went to Foundation course in Belfast in 1985.
- Did Foundation because couldn't decide what else to do.
- Initially did a lot of drawing.
- Influenced by cinema including Peter Greenaway.
- Also did a lot of collage.
- Belfast was lively in the late 1980s.
- Came to photography by recording installations.
- Installations involved lighting and were challenging to photograph.
- Uncle Seamus was a photographer and talked her through process.
- There were no photography students or lecturers in the college.
- The photographs were more interesting than the installations.
- Uncle Seamus adopted new photographic equipment.
- Uncle Seamus was kind and large character.
- Was amused by Mary's photographs.
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