On Leaving

Title

On Leaving

Subject

Documentary

Description

In 2010 David Monahan invited people emigrating from Dublin to participate in his Leaving Dublin project. Its success in articulating the feelings of the everyday losses and gains associated with emigration has led to the work being locally and internationally recognised. It is a significant artistic contribution to the conversation around the current wave of emigration from Ireland.

While shooting the series, Monahan developed relationships with his sitters which led him to further investigate the places they had left behind and the places they now inhabit. This investigation comes together now for the first time in book form under the title of On Leaving.

On Leaving features over 150 photographs in 3 series – Empty Spaces: Desolate dawn landscapes of locations sacred to the participants of the works; Leaving Dublin: a series of highly stylised night time portraits of single people, couples and families on the cusp of a major life changing move; and Visitation: a series of photographs made during visits to participants in their new homes.

Creator

David Monahan

Publisher

Self ( Small World Press)

Date

2014

Format

Casebound, cloth-covered, 340 x 245mm, 170gsm paper

Dimensions

34x 24.x 2.6 cm

Number of Pages

304

Number of images

156 photographs, 111 in full colour

Edition Size

1500

Place of Publication

Dublin Ireland

Designer

Niall Mc Cormack

Editor

D M

Printer

Nicholson Bass, Belfast

ISBN

978-0-9569493-3-2

Website

davidmonahan.eu

Where to buy

onleaving.com

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