Covid-19 Double Exposure

• Prize
  Silver in Editorial/Photo Essay
• Photographer
  Deirdre Brennan
• Agency / Studio
  Deirdre Brennan Photographer
• Photo Date
  2020-2021
• Website
  https://deirdrebrennan.com/

A street photography project created in response to the Corona Virus pandemic and the lockdowns. A straight in camera double exposure with no additional post production or manipulation apart from colour correction. Each photograph is a scene that relates to the corona virus crisis combined with an image of nature, clouds of greenery, that gives us the promise of brighter days to come. The nature of the images are referential to the surreal times we live in. It was very important to me to create a visual record of this period in Dublin's history and to use the lockdown time productively.

• Biography
  Deirdre Brennan holds a Bachelors in Fine Art from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland. Her work has been published internationally in titles such as The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Guardian, American Photography, The Sunday Times, Newsweek, Mother Jones, Portrait of Humanity, Le Monde, The Hollywood Reporter, Der Grief, Marie Claire, Der Spiegel. Her photographic practice has always been informed by a life long interest in social justice, politics and history. Fusing historical and social research with image experimentation.
• Awards
  Deirdre was a British Journal of Photography Female in Focus X Nikon 2024 Single Image Winner. Deirdre was named ” 10 Women Who Wrote History With Their Cameras” as part of Visa pour L’image, The International Photojournalism Festival’s 20th Anniversary. Nominations include The World Press Photo Master Class, The New York Photo Awards and PDN “30 Under 30?. One of her photographs from Portrait of Humanity was featured in the World’s First Exhibition in Outer Space in 2020 by The British Journal of Photography in 2020. In 2023, her series “Reflecting on 100 Years of The Irish State” was launched on same day in New York and Paris by America Photography and Der Grief at Paris Photo. Awarded silver at Prix de la Photographie de Paris, bronze at The Tokyo International Foto Awards and exhibited in South Korea. Two portraits were selected for Portrait of Humanity by British Journal of Photography and exhibited at Belfast Exposed and The Indian Photo Festival. Her photography book “Following Ulysses” utilising the structure of James Joyce's novel to explore themes of culture, politics, character and social struggle in modern Dublin was published by Hi Tone Book to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses in 2022. Exhibited at Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris for the centenary celebrations of Ulysses. In 2024, her series “Looking for Brigid” was a public projection in Dublin’s . Featured on BBC Woman’s Hour, RTÉ Arena, and BBC Radio Ulster. It also appeared on The Irish Times’ front cover.