Ireland
The old country: harbour light, abbey ruins, bog and stone, and the faces Dave was born among in Cork — photographed across forty years of going back.
Writing With Light
Fine art photography by David O'Riordan — Ireland, the American West, and witness work around the world.
David O'Riordan is a third-generation photographer. His great-grandfather, John Frost, photographed the Titanic leaving Ireland in 1912; the family craft reached Dave through boxes of glass negatives, film and scrapbooks. He picked up a camera professionally in 2008.
“Photography is a way of writing with light, preserving the faces, places, and moments that make up our lives.”
Three rooms
The collections gather the work into three rooms: Ireland, A Portrait of the West, and Witness.
A Portrait of the West
An ongoing series on the American West: the Tetons and Yellowstone, Colorado high country, powwow gatherings, and the hard light that shapes the people who live in it.
Witness
Documentary photographs from travels and missions work around the world — portraits and human stories gathered slowly, with care, and told the way they were found.
Selected works
A Titanic Legacy
In April 1912, the photographer's great-grandfather John Frost stood on the shore at Queenstown and photographed the Titanic as she left Ireland on her final voyage. Ninety-six years later, Dave stood in the same place and photographed the QE2 sailing on hers.
Prints, by enquiry
Prints of selected works are available by enquiry — price on request. Every print is produced to order with archival, museum-grade materials; framing is available on request. Prints & Process · Enquire about a print