PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID CREEDON

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID CREEDON

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID CREEDON

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=C2=AB 3=20 SPOKEN WORD MP3=E2=80=B2S BY FAKIE WILDE

POETRY=20 BY RICKY GARNI =C2=BB

GHOSTS OF THE FAITHFUL = DEPARTED

FOR LARGER VERSIONS OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHS SEE THE FEATURE = AT RETORT-TV =

Ghosts of the = Faithful=20 Departed.

It has been estimated that = between 1949 and=20 1989 over 800,000 people were forced to leave Ireland. Something in the = order of=20 half of this outflow occurred during the 1950s. The peak was reached in = 1955=20 when 55,000 young people left our shores. In a census taken in 1956 the=20 population of the country fell to 2.8 million the lowest ever recorded = and led=20 one author to question =E2=80=9CAre we becoming the Vanishing Irish and = would we survive=20 as a race if something wasn=E2=80=99t done to stem the outflow=E2=80=9D? =

Those who stayed had to suffer = continued=20 hardships, isolation & social exclusion. The rural communities were=20 decimated by the impact of emigration. Many of those who stayed in this = decade=20 did so in silence as they watched family members and friend=E2=80=99s = leave. Now in a=20 new millennium these people have passed on and their homes stand as a = monument=20 to a bygone age.

While visiting these unoccupied = houses I felt=20 like an intruder disturbing the spirits that still haunt every room. In = some=20 homes it looked as if the last activity was the waking of the dead, the = closing=20 of the door and the abandonment of the house. Non-existent or faraway = relatives=20 simply left the house to the ravages of time. It was possible to date = the last=20 occupancy through observation of a calendar for=20 example.

While looking at the scenes about = me I felt I=20 was awakening ghosts from my childhood past and there were times that = the hair=20 literally stood on the back of my neck. Spurred by dusty damp newspaper = articles=20 or mouldy-framed images memories came flooding = back.

Wallpaper took me back to a holiday home my parents owned = forty years=20 ago. An old valve radio reminded me of the thrill of selecting on the=20 illuminated dial distant cities like =E2=80=93 London, Luxembourg, = Prague. I can still=20 hear Radio=20 Eireann = playing =E2=80=9CIf you=20 feel like singing, do sing an Irish song=E2=80=9D. Isolated inhabitants = were very=20 dependent on the radio for news of what was happening at home and=20 abroad.

I decided=20 at an early stage to shoot in colour = as=20 against black and white because this allowed me to capture the unique = rich=20 colours = within the houses=20 which were in contrast to the poverty of the times. I have strived at = all times=20 not to move or arrange items but to photograph as = found.

David=20 Creedon
Ireland Photography

ww= w.davidcreedon.com

David Creedon was born in Cork Ireland in the = late=20 fifties. Having an interest in photography he began to photograph local = and=20 touring bands. He loved the way in which theatrical lighting was used to = isolate=20 and give prominence to an artist on stage.

His work is very varied but he tends to work = more on=20 themed portfolios.

Amongst the projects he has worked on are: = Easter Parade,=20 IL Carneval di Venezia, World Cup 2002, Automobiles, and = Flowers.

His portraits of Irish musicians are very = striking and=20 have an almost a film noir feel about them. His images have appeared on = various=20 cd covers and his work will shortly feature on a book cover for Nobel = Literature=20 prizewinner Gabriel Jos=C3=A9 Garc=C3=ADa M=C3=A1rquez.

His work is regularly published and has been = featured in a=20 range of prestigious European photographic magazines including Fota 8,=20 Eyemazing, AG Photographic Journal, Amateur Photographer, Creative Lens, = Zone=20 Zero, and Platforms Magazine

Dr. Kieran Keohane, Senior Lecturer in Sociology = at the=20 National University of Ireland, Cork has said that Creedon=E2=80=99s = work is one of the=20 most significant

collections of photography in contemporary = Ireland and=20 will be amongst the most important works of Irish art in years to=20 come.

His work has received the runner up award from = PX3 Prix de=20 la Photographie Paris for features and he holds distinctions of = Associateship=20 from both the Royal Photographic Society and the British Professional=20 Photographers Association. His photographs are held in public & = private=20 collections in America and Europe and he has exhibited in Ireland and = the United=20 States.

PHOTOGRAPHY=20 BY MIN KO LOI (November 6th, 2007)

This entry was posted on Sunday, = October=20 28th, 2007 at 10:36 pm and is filed under PHOTOGRAPHY, LINKS, VISUAL ART. You can follow any responses to = this entry=20 through the RSS=20 2.0 feed. You can leave=20 a response, or trackback=20 from your own site.

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October=20 29th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Beautiful, evocative!!

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