This 2025 publication by Robert O'Leary, subtitiled 'A Celebration of Life on an Irish River' is unusual as it is written in both Irish and English and explains how to identify some of the wildlife you might see on the River Dodder in Dublin. Robert is both an incredibly talented photographer and a dedicated teacher. …
‘The Book Of Judges’ – Henk van Kooten and Vincent O’Byrne
In this book, written by Henk van Kooten and Vincent O'Byrne, we have a judging handbook for professional photographers. I found this book to be a very useful resource for judging photography competitions, even though I am not a professional photography judge. The skills and tips are useful for looking at your own images as …
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Kingdom – Norman McCloskey
Kingdom is Norman McCloskey's third landscape photobook based in Kerry. He started with Parklight in 2013, followed by Beara in 2018, and now in 2022, Kingdom. I have all three gorgeous books. Every detail of Kingdom is beautiful, from the textured cover and lino cut style image of Skellig Michael to the paper and colour …
‘Photography through the Pandemic’ – 35mmc
This is a book that I supported. on Kickstarter as it was put together by a group of photographers that I know (35mmc). Sadly, before the project was finished one of the photographers, John Whitmore died. This book was dedicated to John after his death, and the profits are going toward helping support his daughter. …
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‘Offshoot Exhibition 2022’ – Members of Offshoot Photographic Society
This is a photo book that my camera club, Offshoot Photographic Society, put together from the images that we had on display over six weeks in the 2022 Exhibition in the Lexicon Library in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. This is the first time we have made a book and we thought that it would be a …
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‘Comedians’ – Steve Best
This stunningly curated and designed book is gorgeous. My photo of the cover does not portray the cover properly as it is deep black and the word Comedians is very subtle. This is both a beautiful photo book and as a comedy fan, it is a wonderful snapshot of the present English comedy scene. It …
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