Don Sheehan

Introduction was by Jennifer Doyle, Curator National Photographic Archives.

Exhibition was opened by Dr. John Bowman, Broadcaster and Historian.

Charles Baudelaire’s usage and theorization of the French verb, “fláner” to stroll, created the concept of the, “Fláneur“, a person who walks the street in order to experience it. In experiencing the street, one remarks, or not, on that experience. What comes out is ones interpretation of what has been seen and felt. Depending on who you are, your position in life, your morality or lack of it, your reasoning, your emotional state, you filter what you see and interpret it as seminal or banal.

Urbis Modo is a collection of Photographs taken in the center of Dublin during the period 1998-2008. They chronicle the journey of many people during the night time hours. They have been recognized and awarded the Curtin O’Donough Photographic prize from the Royal Hibernian Academy and recently have been acquired by the national Library as a discreet collection.

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