PROTEST! is a new exhibition at the Gallery Of Photography, Dublin, looking at the vital role photography has played in recording and making visible the struggle for equality, diversity and inclusion in Ireland. Over recent decades we have witnessed unprecedented change with systemic inequalities challenged and, in some cases, overcome. View a gallery of pictures from the exhibition above.
This social revolution has encompassed a broad spectrum of local and national issues, from civil rights, political struggle and conflict, women's rights, LGBTQIA+, institutional abuse, social and economic issues, Travellers' rights, through to international movements for change, including anti-war, climate change, Black Lives Matter and #MeToo.
Outlining a broad range of photographic practices from the late 1960s to the present day, PROTEST! features work by Irish and international photojournalists, social documentary photographers, socially-engaged artists, citizen journalists, and activists together with photographs from leading newspapers and NGOs, many exhibited for the first time.
Featured artists include Paula Allen, Wally Cassidy, Samuel Casey, Eoin Campbell, Rose Comiskey, Donna DeCesare, Colman Doyle, Tessy Ehiguese, Brian Farrell, Eamonn Farrell, Brenda FItzsimons, Sean Gilmartin, Tom Grace, Christine Hallsall, Olivia Harris, Jordan Hearns, Conor Horgan, Bill Kirk, Catherine Leroy, Pat Langan, Eric Luke, Stanley Matchett, Sara McCarroll, Peter McKee, Fiona Morgan, Martin Nangle, Joanne O'Brien, Tony O’Shea, Gilles Peress, Frankie Quinn, Christopher Robson, Crispin Rodwell, Pete Smyth, Rosalind Fox Solomon, Christine Spengler, Derek Speirs, Mark Stedman, Donal Talbot, Oscar Torrans, Siele Turner, Dana Tynan, Philip Woods and the staff photographers from The Irish Times and RollingNews.ie.
PROTEST! Photography, Activism and Social Change in Ireland is at the Gallery Of Photography until 11th June 2022 - find out more here.
