best irish photographers

thebaz

who would be recognised as the best current irish photographers in the different categories -- fashion, press, art etc ?
i know it is a subjective thing, but just want to get some names !!

DublinWriter

I like a lot of Cathy Loughran's early stuff, especially her Belfast studies.

Shrimp

me..

Borderfox

Shrimp wrote:

me..

Possibly the vainest!

mtracey

Nature/Wildlife:

Mike Brown without a doubt

joolsveer

My wife's granny always thought that Austin Finn was the greatest but my preference was for Colman Doyle. http://www.obrien.ie/book532.cfm

From Village Magazine
Excellent was also the term used to describe Colman Doyle on Abhar Machnaimh (TG4, Saturday, 8.05pm), a portrait of the life and work of the superb photographer – one of a generation of press photographers like Bill Doyle and Austin Finn – who will be remembered not so much for their bread-and-butter work but for photographs taken of ordinary life over the decades in Ireland. Press photographers are inclined to be overlooked, but if I wanted to understand 1980s Ireland I would bypass the novelists and filmmakers and make straight for the photographic archives of Derek Spiers and Tony O'Shea. Even though the programme only showed a fraction of Doyle's archive and focused too much on Kerry, the images shown were stunning as we followed Doyle on a return visit to the Blasket 50 years after first visiting them. Following on from RTÉ's recent profile of John Minihan, it made April a good month for the recognition of the quiet chroniclers of Ireland.

Shrimp

Borderfox wrote:

Possibly the vainest!

erm...

abetarrush

Ive noticed hardly any Irish Photog's have a website

surely there a necessity these days, and would boost the aul fanbase

alb

Another vote for Colman Doyle from me, though I'm no expert on Irish photographers

ender ender

mtracey wrote:

Nature/Wildlife:

Mike Brown without a doubt

I've only discovered this guy recently, but I have to agree, his wildlife stuff is excellent http://www.mikebrownphotography.com/

il gatto

As far as sports goes, I think Stephen Davison is amazing. He primarily covers road racing (bikes). Maybe it's just cos I love the sport, but I think anyone would appreciate his work. His book "The Ragged Edge" is fantastic and I'd recommend it to anyone. Having tried to get similar shots myself and failed, I came to realise how good he is.

Tarakiwa

Th only reason that I have a camera is beacuse of a guy called Eddie Scheffer (ok - he is Dutch & not Irish but he lives & works from Dublin).
He is a wedding photographer but I dont think that should be held against him!! He takes great shots & was nice enough to spend a bit of time with me to persuade me to get a camera.

www.eddiescheffer.com

TheGreatest

Tarakiwa wrote:

Th only reason that I have a camera is beacuse of a guy called Eddie Scheffer (ok - he is Dutch & not Irish but he lives & works from Dublin).
He is a wedding photographer but I dont think that should be held against him!! He takes great shots & was nice enough to spend a bit of time with me to persuade me to get a camera.

www.eddiescheffer.com

I'll second Eddie Scheffer, apart from being a successful photographer in his work he is also very helpful for new photographers.

ender ender

Another guy who may not be known to many of you is Richard Gilligan, probably the only Irish photographer to get his pics in the big US skateboard magazines, as well as regularly in the European ones. I think he might have some stuff in this: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1182/3160/1600/SQ1__flyer.jpg

iplogger1

I find a lot of Bryan O'Brien's work in the Irish Times appealing.
I find all the staff photographers in that publication are top notch in
news/current affairs/sports photos.

Anouilh

Wonderful landscape photographerhttp://www.patrickdonald.com/

Dodgykeeper

Dave Maher from Sportsfile is one of the best sports snappers!

thefizz

Brian McIlvenny would be regarded as Ireland's leading Lith Printer. He is from the UK but has lived here for many years. His work is beautiful.

amcinroy

Dare I say it, many of the best landscape photographers working in Ireland today are not Irish.

(running away very quickly)



Can't speak to the other genres though.

Valentia

mtracey wrote: »

Nature/Wildlife:

Mike Brown without a doubt

Seems like a very nice guy but top wildlife photographer? Apart from the odd shot I can't say the consistency is there.

Actually most of the guys mentioned above for landscape and weddings are, well, not very exciting. That landscape site is as dull as I have seen I think.

I too liked Austin Finn. Eric Luke, Billy Strickland, Tom Honan, Dave Maher and Derek Spiers. There are a lot of very talented people here that would hold their own against anyone.

thebaz

Not sure if there has ever been a Magnum Irish photographer , but i do like Colman Doyle a lot , not sure if he is still alive -- hope so !!

Calina

There is a book of photography on the go published by Magnum Ireland, I thought. Not all the photographers in it are foreign as far as I remember.

Roen

Annie Brophy.

JMcL

thebaz wrote: »

Not sure if there has ever been a Magnum Irish photographer , but i do like Colman Doyle a lot , not sure if he is still alive -- hope so !!

Calina wrote: »

There is a book of photography on the go published by Magnum Ireland, I thought. Not all the photographers in it are foreign as far as I remember.

There has never been, to the best of my knowledge, an Irish Magnum member. Martine Franck spent some time here in the 90s, as did Martin Parr in the early 80s, Cartier-Bresson and Bruce Davidson have also worked here. There's a complete list of all Magnum photographers here, I don't recognise any as Irish. A few have passed away recently, so there may be a few openings - anybody feeling confident


(Mike Brown)

Valentia wrote: »

Seems like a very nice guy but top wildlife photographer? Apart from the odd shot I can't say the consistency is there.

I can't say I'd really agree. I have his last book (Images of Irish Nature) and there's some lovely stuff there.

FreeAnd..

to be honest...i dont know any irish photographers and all the names mentioned so far mean nothing...anybody able to compile a nice neat list with links to sites possibly?

Anouilh

The link to the Professional Photographers site in Ireland might help.

The Irish Bill Doyle is noted for his documentary photos of life on the Aran Islands, off the coast of County Galway and of isolated figures in urban settings, usually in Dublin parks, pubs and restaurants.

The Australian Bill Doyle's site is here.

Anouilh

http://users.chariot.net.au/~greenh/http://www.irishphotographers.com/links/

Anouilh

Calina wrote: »

There is a book of photography on the go published by Magnum Ireland, I thought. Not all the photographers in it are foreign as far as I remember.

Donovan Wylie.

http://www.photographyblog.com/articles_magnum_photographer_donovan_wylie__goes_digital.php

I've never really heard of any famous Irish photographers but from this page I've got to say Mike Brown's wildlife stuff is amazing.Not too impressed with Donovan Wylies stuff but I guess that's just not my type of photography...

Anouilh

Irish television is packed with historical documentaries these days.
Does anybody know the names of the photographers whose work is represented and where it is kept. There must be a vast body of fine work by photographers who were well known in their day but who never became World Famous.

JMcL

Ahem... to correct myself here, and give myself a smack on the wrist for laziness in not reading to the end of the list, as Anouilh points out, Donovan Wylie is indeed Irish

JMcL wrote: »

There has never been, to the best of my knowledge, an Irish Magnum member. Martine Franck spent some time here in the 90s, as did Martin Parr in the early 80s, Cartier-Bresson and Bruce Davidson have also worked here. There's a complete list of all Magnum photographers here, I don't recognise any as Irish. A few have passed away recently, so there may be a few openings - anybody feeling confident

Anouilh wrote: »

Donovan Wylie.

http://www.photographyblog.com/articles_magnum_photographer_donovan_wylie__goes_digital.php

Anouilh

No need to resort to violence... All forgiven...

I very much enjoyed this Magnum exhibition in IMMA.
The book would be worth buying.

http://www.modernart.ie/en/page_134268.htm

Carrigman

I think Cork based wedding and portrait photographer Denis Hyland is in the top echelon of Irish photographers. http://www.denishyland.com/

sineadw

iplogger1 wrote: »

I find a lot of Bryan O'Brien's work in the Irish Times appealing.

+1

JMcL

Anouilh wrote: »

I very much enjoyed this Magnum exhibition in IMMA.
The book would be worth buying.

http://www.modernart.ie/en/page_134268.htm

I missed that unfortunately. The book is nice, and unlike the recent Magnum Magnum, which, although magnificent, is viciously expensive, and would probably require a forklift to move

NullZer0

joolsveer wrote: »

My wife's granny always thought that Austin Finn was the greatest but my preference was for Colman Doyle. http://www.obrien.ie/book532.cfm

Sorry... I know this is off topic... but is that ColdFusion? (.cfm) .... I haven't seen anything related to that in an age!

shepthedog

John D McHugh, one of the best photojournalists around either Irish or otherwise.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2008/apr/22/fightingseason

He is now working for the Guardian covering Afghanistan.. Remarkable story.

thebaz

my 2 favorites currently are

Colman Doyle and Fergus Bourke

cjmitchelson

Dylan Vaughan.

Debate closed....


free chad

riskydisco

As far as the category of wedding photography is concerned, I'd have no hesitation in suggesting White Tea (http://www.whitetea.ie) as the best wedding photographers in Ireland. I came across them at a wedding fair last year and was bowled over by the quality of their images and their down to earthedness (if I can say that?!:).

DotOrg

JMcL wrote: »

I missed that unfortunately. The book is nice, and unlike the recent Magnum Magnum, which, although magnificent, is viciously expensive, and would probably require a forklift to move

there is a smaller and cheaper version out now
it's a little bigger than A4
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnum-Brigitte-Lardinois/dp/0500543666/

thebaz

like my taste in most things , except my football team, my favorite Irish photographer, so too has changed - Bill Doyle today

Simplicius

The Late Great Corkman Bob Carlos Clarke. superb in so many fields. some are now iconic images, I personally love the Stones series.

http://www.bobcarlosclarke.com/portfolio.htm

rymus

me....


*goes off to polish award*

thebaz

Simplicius wrote: »

The Late Great Corkman Bob Carlos Clarke. superb in so many fields. some are now iconic images, I personally love the Stones series.

http://www.bobcarlosclarke.com/portfolio.htm

some great and unique work their - sounds some character - nice website too

Covey

Simplicius wrote: »

The Late Great Corkman Bob Carlos Clarke. superb in so many fields. some are now iconic images, I personally love the Stones series.

http://www.bobcarlosclarke.com/portfolio.htm

Came to a rather sad end though. Keeping it all in perspective is a good thing maybe.

ThenComesDudley

ive always like Paul Seawright, hes from belfast, did a great series of photos around Tallaght .

mikeanywhere

rymus wrote: »

me....


*goes off to polish award*

They never said anything about big head, must go back and read thread again just to clarify :cool:

rymus

crap.. I hereby remove myself from the list so Thanks Mike :P

mikeanywhere

rymus wrote: »

crap.. I hereby remove myself from the list so Thanks Mike :P

Oh and Mr Muscle works best (apparently)

paudie

riskydisco wrote: »

As far as the category of wedding photography is concerned, I'd have no hesitation in suggesting White Tea (http://www.whitetea.ie) as the best wedding photographers in Ireland. I came across them at a wedding fair last year and was bowled over by the quality of their images and their down to earthedness (if I can say that?!:).

Images are nice but the rest of the site is rubbish, can't find anything out about them at all, no pricing no contact no about section,
poor form