Brendan Cleary
How Strange It Is to Be Anything at All
I’ve always felt like an outsider, as if an invisible curtain separated me from the world around me. Growing up, that distance often left me feeling alienated, until I discovered street photography at sixteen. For the first time, I found a visual language that mirrored the way I saw the world: fleeting gestures, quiet absurdities, and moments most people missed. This work is a celebration of life in its rawest, most spontaneous form. Set against the vibrant backdrop and often chaotic Dublin night life, while pausing to observe the intimate, often unnoticed scenes within it. It peers through that curtain to capture the strangeness, emotion, and complexity of being human, of how strange it is to be anything at all.
Nadia Caimi • Brendan Cleary • Adelé De Bruyn • James Gillett • Inés Goméz Fuentes • Olivia May • Lucy O'Loughlin • Inés Pesado • Anthony Wilson Setiawan • Philip Troy •
Bath Spa University
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Photography
Cardiff Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography
Crawford College of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Fine Art
University of Cumbria
BA (Hons) Photography
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media
TU Dublin
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Edinburgh College
BA Professional Photography
Edinburgh Napier University
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Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Communication Design
Goldsmiths University of London
BA (Hons) Media and Communications
University of Hertfordshire
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Huddersfield
BA (Hons) Photography
Kingston University London
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University of Lancashire
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Leeds Trinity University
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Limerick School of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Photography and Moving Image
London South Bank University
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Manchester Metropolitan University
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University of Greater Manchester
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Middlesex University
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National College of Art and Design
Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
Pearse College of Further Education
QQI Level 6 Photography
Arts University Plymouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Portsmouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Salford
BA (Hons) Photography
Sheffield Hallam University
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Suffolk
BA (Hons) Photography
Ulster University
BA (Hons) Photography with Video
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography and Visual Activism