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Shane McCarthy says...

After 30 years creating images, I'm still passionate about photography, especially photographing people. Meeting new & interesting characters, I’m always looking for something fresh and appealing in every subject. I'm privileged to have worked with many of Ireland's most celebrated individuals from the worlds of:

Theatre (David Kelly; Cillian Murphy & Bronagh Gallagher),

Music (Bono, Maria Doyle Kennedy & Jerry Fish),

Art (Louis le Brocquy, Rasher & Robert Ballagh),

Written Word (Roddy Doyle, John Connolly & Harold Pinter),

Media (Robert Fisk & Eamon Dunphy),

Sport (Paul McGrath & Ruby Walsh),

Food (Dylan McGrath & Conrad Gallagher)

and Radio (Ryan Tubridy, Tom Dunne & Dave Fanning).

I’ve seen my work published in every significant Irish publication and have enjoyed 2 successful exhibitions:

A Portrait of India (2009)

Taking Liberties (2012) - a documentation of streetlife in Dublin’s Liberties.

Originally schooled in film, and the darkroom, these days I shoot digitally and am completely adept at Photoshop. However, I dislike images that are 'overly airbrushed'. I will of course perform a little 'tidying & grooming', but avoid needless surgery.

Models, actors, musicians, artists and politicians will all testify to the easygoing  laid-back  mood of the set, and of how I encourage a relaxed comfortable atmosphere, allowing the subject to just 'be themselves', in front of my camera.

The studio, in the heart of Dublin’s Liberties, finds me returning to where I first began working in the 1980's with Ursula Steiger, Ireland’s foremost female fashion photographer. I share the space with a like-minded snapper, Barry McCall and this encourages a creative and mutual 'raising of our game'.