Questions

By Patrick Naughton

I have just recently started a new series of photographs examing Dublin's urban environment. The exact objective of this project is unclear to me. I can tell you what I do.  I observe, stand still, then record the movement of the city. People move around with purpose, a Celtic Tiger swagger in their stroll. I dont know whether I am photographing this life or the traces of Dublin long ago embedded in our streets, statues and architecture. Stories heard and stories told. Anyway, I am sure the true meaning of these photographs will reveal itself sooner than later.

Comments

[Susanne Iles]

Your photograph captured the essence of what I've been feeling lately: trying to process the environment around me, marveling at the blurred edges. I live in a modern rural community and still there is a dichotomy; it is as if time in Ireland has a spiral nature, overlapping, not linear like elsewhere in the world. The old voices can sometimes speak as urgently as the new ones.

[Patrick Naughton]

Sure, i know what you mean, it is hard to process or even understand the changes happening to modern Ireland.