Taken in the studio he created in the back room of his pub in his home town of Macroom, County Cork, Dennis Dinneen’s portraits, which he worked on from the 50s to the 70s, add up to a detailed and affecting picture of an entire community.
Dennis Dinneen is at Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, until May 27.
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Dennis Dinneen: the pub landlord who captured Cork – in pictures (Guardian)
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will have to make time for this show, more than likely have family in some of the pictures.
Excellent exhibition.
All shades of human life from Macroom in the 50/60s is on show.
I particularly liked the anarchy of what’s going on in the background of the uncropped photos – very revealing.
… have we discovered the origin of the duck pout?
Someone there shot Collins…
Pretty grim looking bunch, all told.
here’s me thinking a few a them looked like pure mischief
Grim. They’re a bit like Diane Arbus’ stuff. Except we just look like that: we’re not circus freaks.
Great photos….that group scene looks to have been taken after a rake of gargles….the couple in the back behind duckface …brilliant
the calendar to the left of the girl in white with hand on hip covered up (almost) with another
would be great to see those people as they are now (obviously not the ones that are dead!!)
Yeah that couple made me lol esp with the stray hands…on the right are equally odd hand placements/ and a dangerously perched cigarette
“Macroom the town that never reared a fool” or “Kerrymen with shoes” take you pick.
Nice of Philip Seymour Hoffman to drop in for the group photo…
The couple at the back of the second to last pic look very sweet.
In fairness, this could be any recent Fianna Fail Ard Fheis. Last year’s for example.
Great images though! Well done.
Fintan O’Toole obviously moisturises.
Look’s like Miley Byrne is going to get some in th esecond last photo.