DUBS

Tony Murray

Dubs collects Tony Murray’s evocative photographs of Dubliners and their city captured as the 1970s gave way to the 1980s. The work is a powerful portrayal of the citizens of Dublin at work and at play – protesting and parading; hawking and trading; busking and begging; courting and sunbathing – against a backdrop of crisis, neglect and decay. An introduction by historian Daithí Ó Corráin alongside an essay by Peter Sheridan and an interview with the photographer place these important images in context.

TONY MURRAY

Tony Murray is a Fine Art graduate from the National College of Art and Design and a lecturer in Media Production and Photography at the Technological University of Dublin. The first photographer to receive an Arts Council bursary in 1978, he was one of a small group of young photographers who documented social and religious events in Ireland in the 1980s and 90s. His photographs of popular devotional practices in Ireland during the 1970s and early 1980s were published in his book Holy Pictures (2020). He has exhibited widely in Ireland, England and France and his work has been published in many books and magazines. In addition to his photographic work, he has directed and produced a number of television documentaries and co-authored a text book on Irish politics.

www.tonymurray.ie
Instagram: tony_holypictures

Author: Tony Murray
Introduction: Daithí Ó Corráin
Essay: Peter Sheridan
ISBN: 978-1-917445-00-9
Format: Hardback, 263 x 246mm, landscape, 150 Arctic Volume White
Extent: 280 pages
Edition: 500 copies
Weight: 1.6kg
Published: November 2024
Design: Niall McCormack

Dubs is also available from:
Alan Hanna's Bookshop, 270 Rathmines Road Lower, D06C8Y8
Hodges Figgis, 56-58 Dawson Street, D02 XE81
Photo Museum Ireland, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, D02 X406
The Library Project, 4 Temple Bar Street, D02 YK53