Sheriff Street Dublin 1 by Colm Pierce

Dubliner Colm Pierce’s intimate and sensitive work spotlights Sheriff Street and its surrounding areas at a time of change.

The photographs capture the area, nestled between Dublin’s docklands and the International Financial Services Centre, when its working class community faced dwindling industrial employment and the imminent arrival of Celtic Tiger gentrification.

From its schools, football teams, community disco and play groups, an oft overlooked and polarised neighbourhood and its residents are vividly captured through the joy, hope and grind of family life, youthful coming of age and mid-life routine.

An introduction by historian Donal Fallon places these important photographs in context.

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Colm Pierce is an accomplished documentary photographer. Since first picking up a camera in 1987, he has travelled extensively throughout his home country of Ireland as well as to various more exotic locations, most notably France and Vietnam.

Over the years Colm has become known for the gritty humanity of his work—even his landscapes—and for his uncommon ability of being able to tell detailed stories without saying a word.

Colm’s work has been featured in The Guardian, The Irish Times, Elle, Le Point and Micro Hebdo among others. Today, he regularly posts his work, new and old, on his Facebook and Instagram pages, sells prints from his vast catalogue and runs photography workshops in his adopted home of Hanoi, Vietnam.

Author: Colm Pierce
Introduction: Donal Fallon
ISBN: 978-1-917445-01-6
Format: Thread sewn, PUR bound paperback, 240 x 200mm, portrait
Extent: 160 pages
Edition: 300 copies
Weight: 0.55kg
Published: September 2024
Design: Niall McCormack

Supported by the Sean O’Casey Festival

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