Writer Darren Campion considers the pivotal role of photography in sustaining a sense of belonging to a particular place, family or community for emigrants from the perspective of the family album.

Writer Darren Campion considers the pivotal role of photography in sustaining a sense of belonging to a particular place, family or community for emigrants from the perspective of the family album.
In her essay ‘An evening with the photograph album’ Stephanie McBride explores the ‘unconscious optics’ in our photo albums.
Photography and the family album – essay by Darren Campion explores the social role of photography.
In Ireland, the first photograph was made of a bridge on the River Lagan in Belfast by Francis Stewart Beatty, a Belfast engraver, in September 1839…
In Ireland, the first photograph was made of a bridge on the River Lagan in Belfast by Francis Stewart Beatty, a Belfast engraver, in September 1839…
Early amateur photographers were primarily drawn from the Landed Gentry. They had the necessary time and resources…
Towards the end of the 19th Century the photographic landscape was radically altered by the introduction of new developments in photographic technology…
Irish physicist John Joly – famous for his development of radiotherapy – developed one of the first colour photographic processes…
Photography was the new wonder technology of its time, attracting entrepreneurs keen to cash in on public fascination…