This geographically ambitious project navigates different locations on and under the seas surrounding Ireland investigating controversial and traumatising events from Irish history. Through in-depth research into personal testimonies, a series of locations are photographed using a large format camera and printed traditionally onto silver gelatin paper. The testimonies are interpreted anew, disseminating the stories so intrinsically connected to the Irish landscape. Subjects include: areas of exceptionally high radioactivity making the Irish Sea the most radioactive sea in the world; former pre-repeal abortion routes to the U.K.; the sinking site of the RMS Lusitania resulting in 1,198 deaths.
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