Thursday, 11 September 2014

back on the blog ... again

This image shows a Continental Standard Typewriter, a front strike, four bank. This machine dates from around 1935 (production started in 1904). It was photographed by Ciarán Walsh and posted by Ghistlebertus, blog of www.curator.ie to signal the commencement of development work on ' Tríd on Lionsa' or 'Through the Lens,' the title of a TV series on photography in Ireland between 1880-1900 that has been commissioned by the BAI (Broadcasting Authority of Ireland) for TG4. The series is being developed by Ciarán Walsh of www.curator.ie, Niamh Ní Bhaioll of Sibéal Teo and Cathal Watters. Production is scheduled for October / November 2014.


its been a while and its been erratic, the usual blog scenario. However I'm back on the blog and Ghislebertus remains the inspiration for a blog about a new era of imagining, in this case a reflection on the development of social documentary photography in Ireland between 1880 and 1900.


The impetus to blog ... having something to say ... comes from a commission from TG4 for a series on social documentary photography which has just entered the pre-pre-production phase of intensive research and writing: taking apart the history of photography in Ireland - there aren't that many histories of photography in Ireland - and coming up with a blue print for 6 narratives that reveal the unwritten / untold histories of the people through the lenses of 6 photographers who went west in the 1880s and 90s. 

This image shows a blue print of an antique typewriter in which the keyboard has been modified to spell 'Tríd an Lionsa - Photography on TV.'  'Tríd an Lionsa' is the Irish / gaelic for 'Through the Lens' which is the title of a TV series on photography in Ireland between 1880-1900 that has been commissioned by the BAI (Broadcasting Authority of Ireland) for TG4. The series is being developed by Ciarán Walsh of www.curator.ie, Niamh Ní Bhaioll of Sibéal Teo and Cathal Watters. Production is scheduled for October / November 2014. The image was sourced in Tumbler and modified by Ciarán Walsh for Ghislebertus, the blog of www.curator.ie.



Tríd an Lionsa / Through the Lens 
The unwritten history of life in the West of Ireland, 1880-1900.

The BAI (Broadcasting Authority of Ireland) has agreed to fund a six part series for television that will look at the lives of ordinary people in the West of Ireland as seen through the lenses of six photographers

The series is being developed by www.curator.ie and  Sibéal Teo, Dingle in association with TG4. Work on the production begins in October 2014.





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