Dublin City in the early 1970s…hard to believe it’s over half a century ago #photography #documentary #dublin #ireland
Eric Luke
@ericluke.bsky.social
Irish photographer. World Press Photo winner. PPAI Photographer of the Year. Photography from my personal archive. All photographs copyright (c) ericluke.com
Just doing a bit of work here in France on my archive of The Troubles in 1970 and 1980… #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #visapourlimage #ireland
Today’s picture from Perpignan at Visa pour l'Image, the largest international photojournalism festival in the world. Exhibitions, discussions and screenings over a two week period… #photography #documentary #visapourlimage
Wonderful to bump into the great French photographer Raymond Depardon at his exhibition at Visa pour l’image in Perpignan. Amazing work over the decades and having collected his books for years, to now meet him and see his prints first hand is a privilege #documentary #photography #visapourlimage
Heading to the South of France to attend Visa pour l'Image, the largest international photojournalism festival in the world. Exhibitions, discussions and screenings make up pro week, and we might even squeeze in a beer here in Perpignan #photography #documentary #perpigana 🎞📷
Wonderful exhibition of portraits by the great photographer Jane Bown who worked for The Observer newspaper from 1949 and currently on view at the EU buildings in Dublin.
This is Jim Morrison’s grave in Père-Lachaise Cemetery Paris in 1983. I believe the wonderful stone bust of the lead singer with The Doors has disappeared. Glad to have photographed it 40 years ago before it vanished… #35mmfilm @johncreedon #photograghy #Documentary #kodak #rockmusic #leica #Paris
Photographer 50 years I’m interested in the proliferation of AI images and digital photographs I shot film for 20 years digital 25 years back to film10 years.People show me images which look great but I don’t know if they’re real At least I have my negatives… #35mm #documentary #photography #ireland
Over 54 years ago I started as a darkroom printer. Progressed quickly to staff photographer with the biggest newspaper group in the country. Shot my work on 35mm film for decades and now all I shoot is on film. Life goes full circle… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #documentary #photography #Ireland
Shot on 35mm Kodak film 40 years ago. A personal project that included twelve days at sea on a fishing boat between Iceland and Greenland… #35mmfilm #kodak #documentary #photography #Iceland
Shot on 35mm Kodak film 40 years ago. A personal project that included twelve days at sea on a fishing boat between Iceland and Greenland… #35mmfilm #kodak #documentary #photography #Iceland
Shot on 35mm Kodak Ektachrome transparency 40 years ago. A personal project that included twelve days at sea on a fishing boat between Iceland and Greenland… #35mmfilm #kodak #documentary #photography
I spent a short time on a personal shoot with Bob Geldof 45 years ago. Together we made a photograph. I often think collaboration is vital. From my old negatives … 🎞📷 #photography #35mm #documentary #Ireland
Twelfth” Orange parade at Rossnowlagh Donegal in 1978… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #Donegal #photography #documentary #Ireland
Twelfth” Orange parade at Rossnowlagh Donegal in 1978… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary #Ireland
Twelfth” Orange parade at Rossnowlagh Donegal in 2022… #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary #Ireland
Fifty years ago…35mm film…Dublin…Rory Gallagher…my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland
Thanks to The Irish Times for a lovely two page spread on my book Tory Island today. Book launch is at Photo Museum Ireland on Wednesday June 24th at 6pm… Photo Museum Ireland Photo Books Ireland Garry O'neill @willeica The Irish Times #dalkeybookfestival #photography #documentary #donegal #ireland
One week to go… at Photo Museum Ireland in Dublin 🎞📷 @PhotoMuseumIRL #photography #documentary #Donegal #Ireland
Happy Bloomsday… Sandycove early this morning with the James Joyce tower on the right #Bloomsday #Bloomsday2026 #JamesJoyce #Joyce #Ulysses #Sandycove #Dublin
Coming soon… the launch of my book Toraigh, at Photo Museum Ireland, in Dublin on Wednesday June 24th at 6pm. Photography on Tory island over a 50 year period, with a foreword by historian Diarmaid Ferriter. Available to order in advance, via this link hitonebooks.ie/toraigh-tory...
My new book is being launched on June 24th. Photography on Tory island, Ireland’s most remote inhabited island, over a 50 year period, with a foreword by historian Diarmaid Ferriter. Available to order in advance, via this link hitonebooks.ie/toraigh-tory...
For anyone interested in documentary photography. Derry Northern Ireland 1981… from my old negatives #photography #35mm #kodak #Derry #Ireland
The greatest guitarist in the world live on stage in Dublin over 50 years ago… Rory Gallagher from my old negatives #35mmfilm #guitar #rorygallagher #music #documentary #Ireland
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones in Ireland 1982… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary #Ireland
One from my collection of twenty original prints now on permanent display at the Little Museum of Dublin… Sinead O’Connor at a political rally in Dublin 1989… from my old negatives #photograghy #documentary #35mmfilm #Dublin #Ireland @littlemuseumdub
Sad to hear of the death of Gordon Snell author and husband of the late Maeve Binchy. I would see him regularly as we live near each other, and was fortunate to photograph the couple for my own archive a few years ago… #author #gordonsnell #MaeveBinchy #Dalkey #Ireland
The blanket protest in 1979… a campaign for political status for Republican prisoners in Northern Ireland … from my old negatives #35mmfilm #documentary #photography #Ireland
On board a fishing boat off the West coast of Ireland 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland