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All Changed: Fifty Years of Photographing Ireland
John Quinn
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Hardcover. Very nice copy wiith minor shelf wear
The past fifty years have been a time of immense change in Ireland, as the country has moved from a traditional to a modern society. The introduction of electricity, the 'quiet revolution', was accompanied by changes in attitudes to Church, sex, relationships, property, emigration - to life in general. In that short time people have absorbed massive change, often enthusiastically, though perhaps with the occasional pang of regret for the 'old ways'. Here we see the faces, the landscapes and the life of that recently disappeared Ireland - Jack Lynch, JFK, Grace Kelly, Dev, de Gaulle, the Troubles, folk traditions ... Read more
The past fifty years have been a time of immense change in Ireland, as the country has moved from a traditional to a modern society. The introduction of electricity, the 'quiet revolution', was accompanied by changes in attitudes to Church, sex, relationships, property, emigration - to life in general. In that short time people have absorbed massive change, often enthusiastically, though perhaps with the occasional pang of regret for the 'old ways'. Here we see the faces, the landscapes and the life of that recently disappeared Ireland - Jack Lynch, JFK, Grace Kelly, Dev, de Gaulle, the Troubles, folk traditions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780862788735
SKU
KJE0002438
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About John Quinn
Colman Doyle began working as a press photographer in 1951 and has won numerous awards for his work. John Quinn has been a broadcaster with RTE for nearly three decades.
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