• Gareth McConnell: Photoworks Monograph

    Gareth McConnell: Photoworks Monograph

  • Gareth McConnell, Mickey, 2003, from the series Still Lives and Interiors from Mickey Waldorf's. © Gareth McConnell

    Gareth McConnell, Mickey, 2003, from the series Still Lives and Interiors from Mickey Waldorf's. © Gareth McConnell

  • Gareth McConnell, My Grandfather's House: Untitled, 2002. © Gareth McConnell

    Gareth McConnell, My Grandfather's House: Untitled, 2002. © Gareth McConnell

  • Gareth McConnell, Untitled, 2002, from the series Details of Sectarian Murals. © Gareth McConnell

    Gareth McConnell, Untitled, 2002, from the series Details of Sectarian Murals. © Gareth McConnell

  • Gareth McConnell, Untitled, 1998, from the series The Undertakers. © Gareth McConnell

    Gareth McConnell, Untitled, 1998, from the series The Undertakers. © Gareth McConnell

  • Gareth McConnell, Film 2 Frame 5, 2001, from the series The First Man to Remember My Name. © Gareth McConnellGareth McConnell, Film 2 Frame 6, 2001, from the series The First Man to Remember My Name. © Gareth McConnell

    Gareth McConnell, Film 2 Frame 5, 2001, from the series The First Man to Remember My Name. © Gareth McConnell
    Gareth McConnell, Film 2 Frame 6, 2001, from the series The First Man to Remember My Name. © Gareth McConnell

  • Gareth McConnell, Emma, 2002, from the series Institutions. © Gareth McConnell

    Gareth McConnell, Emma, 2002, from the series Institutions. © Gareth McConnell

  • Gareth McConnell, Untitled, 1999, from the series Portraits and Interiors from the Albert Bar. © Gareth McConnell

    Gareth McConnell, Untitled, 1999, from the series Portraits and Interiors from the Albert Bar. © Gareth McConnell

  • Gareth McConnell, Untitled, 1999, from the series Portraits and Interiors from the Albert Bar. © Gareth McConnell

    Gareth McConnell, Untitled, 1999, from the series Portraits and Interiors from the Albert Bar. © Gareth McConnell

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Gareth McConnell – A Photoworks Monograph

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1 January 2007

Gareth McConnell’s work is dominated by successive series of simple but highly eloquent portraits of outsider figures, survivors who have lived life to an extreme. Born in Carrickfergus, McConnell’s own experience has been shaped by the violent tensions of Northern Ireland’s recent history and there is a strong autobiographical element in the dialogue and empathy he develops with his sitters. From his powerful portraits of loyalists in the Albert Bar in Carrickfergus to the photographs of an exotic community of young ex-pats in Ibiza, McConnell’s work blends matter-of-factness with disarming intensity. Using only natural light, his photographs celebrate the fragile momentary encounter, while transforming it into something memorable and enduring.

Produced by Photoworks, co-published by Steidl

Essay by Simon Pooley, Neal Brown and David Chandler and an interview with the artist by Charlotte Cotton.

Edited by Celia Davies

Designed by SMITH

Hardback, 290 x 220mm, 112 pages, 60-80 colour + b&w plates

ISBN: 3-88243-977-7

Published in 2004

 

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