images of the north have always been so cliched, the union jack flying on a street lamp or the curbstones painted outside a housing estate...so i guess one more image of a ragged flag on a street lamp can do no more damage...
we all (by 'all' i mean who ever has) can claim responsibility to either reproducing the imagery of the north in either cheaply replicating it in our own work or by buying into the imagery it provides, such as borderlands, innocent landscape, the troubles photo montage (sean hillen).
people speak about the diverse imagery of the northern troubles, but what about it? as photographers the imagery of the north is too good to ignore, colourful (red,white,blue,green,orange and white again), le quotidien du spectacle (unless of course you live there with it every day).
but what i am interested in, is that the imagery of the troubles has become tired and has been in the years past source material for many irish photographers.. but now that we have the men in green back on the television again, i wonder whether if these bodies of work were intended ever to heal the wounds of the north or merely use them to their own gain.. has any image added any positive value to our notion of the north, or have we merely perpetuated the imagery of the north to meet our our needs...
we all (by 'all' i mean who ever has) can claim responsibility to either reproducing the imagery of the north in either cheaply replicating it in our own work or by buying into the imagery it provides, such as borderlands, innocent landscape, the troubles photo montage (sean hillen).
people speak about the diverse imagery of the northern troubles, but what about it? as photographers the imagery of the north is too good to ignore, colourful (red,white,blue,green,orange and white again), le quotidien du spectacle (unless of course you live there with it every day).
but what i am interested in, is that the imagery of the troubles has become tired and has been in the years past source material for many irish photographers.. but now that we have the men in green back on the television again, i wonder whether if these bodies of work were intended ever to heal the wounds of the north or merely use them to their own gain.. has any image added any positive value to our notion of the north, or have we merely perpetuated the imagery of the north to meet our our needs...
