Garvan Gallagher
Wearing Purple
The varying perceptions of senior citizens in Western societies are deeply rooted in historical, sociological and cultural discourses. This project embarked me on a personal journey, re-visiting and documenting the dolmens of my own childhood; those people whom I would have had some form of relationship to as a child and now happen to be in the social category of 'senior citizens'. My secondary school principal, the lady who taught me the accordion, the post man who was simply called 'John The Post', my very first teacher and some neighbours I never really knew. This project is about the people photographed and their lives. It is partly autobiographical. It is about photography and its split second ability to record and embalm, while also being about the perfectly natural and normal process of aging.
Margaret Brown • Claire Byrne • Padraic Dillon • Ciaran Dolan • Garvan Gallagher • Diarmait Grogan • William Hamilton • Louise Healy • Anthony Kavanagh • Frank Little • Paddy O'Brien • Gerry O'Riordan • Jamie Saunders • Helen Sheehan • Eoin Williams • Thomas Woods •
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
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Camberwell College of Arts
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University of Chester
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Cleveland College of Art and Design
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Dublin Institute of Technology
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IADT Dun Laoghaire
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Edinburgh College of Art
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University College Falmouth
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University College Falmouth
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Glasgow School of Art
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University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham
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London College of Communication
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London College of Communication
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University of Wales, Newport
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University of Wales, Newport
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University of Portsmouth
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Central Saint Martins
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Swansea Metropolitan University
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