Arthur Fields in O’Connell Street, Dublin in the 1980s
Snapper Arthur Fields.
A life of selfie sacrifice.
Niall De Buitlear writes:
I thought you might like a great documentary that was on RTE over the Christmas holidays. I was involved in the project in the early stages when it was just an online photo collection project (ManOnBridge). It has since turned into a fantastic documentary which I can say because I wasn’t involved in the production.
It tells the the story of Arthur Fields who worked as a street photographer in Dublin every day for 50 years. The documentary shows that the “man on the bridge” was a complex and unusual man. And it’s on the RTE player for 10 more days…
Watch Man On The Bridge here
(Guardian)
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ah the anna livia in the backround.. good place to get mugged by inner city knackers in the early 90’s
Much of O’Connell St is still like that.
I watched this over the Christmas.
Fantastic viewing.
Complex and unusual? Sounded like he was an arsehole.
Very interesting documentary and very honest…….the sons certainly didn’t hold back
My folks have a great photo of them out on the town in the mid 60s that I assumed was taken by the guy from the doc, but when I asked, my da told me that street photographers were ten a penny around Dublin back then.
The guy who took their one had a shop up on Parnell Sq I think where they collected it on the Monday after it was taken.
Saw this over the Christmas – definitely worth a watch.
Didn’t get to watch it all but the bit I did watch made he seem…. odd. Didn’t go to any of his kids weddings, deciding to work instead and worked every christmas because someone once gave a 20 quid tip?
A very well-made documentary. Odd man. Married to the Bridge more like.
Who doesn’t go to their own wifes funeral? Very sad but very interesting
Can’t believe I missed this over Christmas, I’ll watch it tonight