Tony O'Shea
Tony O'Shea (born 1947) is an Irish photographer who has made work about Irish life. He lives in Dublin.
Tony O'Shea
- Born
- 1947. · Valentia Island.
- Nationality
- Ireland.
- Occupation
- photographer.
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Tony O'Shea (born 1947) is an Irish photographer who has made work about Irish life. He lives in Dublin.
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Tony O'Shea (born 1947) is a photographer, of Irish nationality. The photographer was born in Valentia Island.
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Life and work
Life and work
O'Shea was born in Valentia Island off the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland and lived there for 20 years. He studied English and Philosophy at University College Dublin. From 1981 he worked full-time as a photographer with In Dublin magazine. When In Dublin ceased publication, O'Shea worked as a press photographer for Sunday Business Post for many years.
Personal life
Personal life
O'Shea lives in Dublin with his wife Sarah, and their daughters Keelin and Siúin.
Zines of work by O'Shea
Zines of work by O'Shea
• Christmas Turkey Market, Dublin, 1990–1993. Southport: Café Royal, 2015. • Italia 90: Dublin. Southport: Café Royal, 2017. Edition of 200 copies. • Border Roads 1990–1994. Southport: Café Royal, 2017. Edition of 250 copies. • Never Forget. Southport: Café Royal, 2017. Edition of 250 copies. • Ways of the Cross. Southport: Café Royal, 2018. Edition of 250 copies.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• Irish Gallery of Photography, Dublin, 1990
Life and career
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Life and career
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1947
Tony O'Shea was born in 1947 at Valentia Island.
Books of work by O'Shea
• Bad Blood: A Walk Along the Irish Border. Macmillan, 1987. Writing by Colm Tóibín, photographs by O'Shea. • Dubliners. London: Macdonald illustrated, 1990. Photographs by O'Shea, text by Tóibín.. • Little, Brown, 1992. • The Light of Day. Bristol: RRB; Dublin: Gallery of Photography Ireland, 2020. With a text by Tóibín. "The book is a retrospective of O'Shea's work, spanning 4 decades from 1979 to 2019 and is published to coincide with an exhibition of his work at the Gallery of Photography Ireland."
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- 1.The big picture: magical realism in everyday Dublin. The Guardian. 25 October 2020.
- 2.Look of the Irish: the communities captured by Tony O'Shea – in pictures. The Guardian. 27 October 2020. 0261-3077.
- 3.White, Lucy. Tony O'Shea's yesteryear photographs of Ireland are at once bleak and beautiful. Image. November 2020.
- 4.Lynch, Andrew. Image conscious: the photographs of Tony O'Shea. Business Post.
- 5.The Light of Day. Gallery of Photography Ireland.
- 6.Pictorial trip down memory lane with snapper Tony O'Shea, who chronicled the city's street life. Sunday World.
- 7.Another Ireland: the revealing photographs of Tony O'Shea. The Irish Times. 10 November 2020.
- 8.Tony O'Shea - The Light of Day. RRB Photobooks.
- 9.Christmas Turkey Market, Dublin, 1990-1993. The Irish Times.
- 10.O'Connor, Amy. A nation holds its breath: Tony O'Shea's remarkable Italia 90 photos. TheJournal.ie. 7 February 2018.
- 11.Photography Exhibitions in Dublin. RTÉ.
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