The Irish Free State was established 100 years ago when King George V signed a proclamation on December 6, 1922.
Members of the public pose with a 1920’s Bakelite hand mirror reflecting on the past hundred years.
When asked of their opinion about the state of the nation since independence from Britain, subjects responded with a mixture of positive and negative commentary. With a lot of emphasis on the social problems facing modern Ireland.
Deirdre Brennan is a Dublin based photographer. She holds a Bachelor in Fine Art Sculpture from the National College of Art and Design. Shortly after graduation Deirdre moved to New York City where she worked as a contract photographer with The New York Times for 7 years.
Deirdre was also accepted into the Redux Picture Agency in New York the same week she began to work for the New York Times.
Deirdre returned to live in her native Dublin producing stories for publications such as The New York Times, Time Magazine, VICE and Sports Illustrated.
Awards Deirdre Brennan worked as a photojournalist and documentary photographer in New York for over a decade.
Her work has been published in titles such as The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Mother Jones, American Photography, The Hollywood Reporter, Stern, Marie Claire, Der Spiegel, Panorama, The Smithsonian, The London Sunday Times, The Guardian and Double Take.
Nominations include The World Press Photo Master Class, The New York Photo Awards and Photo District News “30 Under 30″
Deirdre was named ” 10 Women Who Wrote History With Their Cameras” as part of Visa pour L’image, The International Photojournalism Festival’s 20th Anniversary in 2008.
One of her images was recently featured in the first photographic exhibition in outer space by The British Journal of Photography.
