Holding: The Lismore Photo Project

Every year Lismore Castle Arts invites an artist to work with a local audience over a sustained period of time to create a meaningful, collaborative project that is artistic in nature.

In 2020, Lismore Castle Arts invites Dervla Baker to facilitate a new project, inviting people to submit photos and negatives from personal and local collections. Dervla welcomed both historic and recent images, working closely with the Lismore community, and local and national archives.

The work was carefully gathered, scanned and digitised by Dervla, and collated into a personal response by the artist. The images chosen reflect a mix of the people and stories encountered by the artist. Dervla’s area of research led her in particular to focusing on the personal story - individuals who have appeared in images then and now, and how our personal stories evolve into history.

A selection of images were exhibited at St Carthage Hall from 5 - 13 March 2022.

Image source: Woman standing on bridge by Jack Watson. Image courtesy of the Mike Hackett Collection.

Install views by Dervla Baker.