I am a Dublin based documentary photographer. My work primarily focuses on rituals and tradition, both old and new, pagan and religious, highlighting the ways in which they foster a sense of belonging and communal celebration.
Group Exhibitions
Halftone Print Fair, The Library Project, Temple Bar, Dublin (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)
PhotoIreland Festival 2022, Dublin Castle – Featured in “Images are all we have”, a major retrospective of Irish photography over the past 40 years.
Analog Ireland Photography Exhibition, The Darkroom, Stoneybatter, Dublin (2022)
Twenty One Group Show, Mermaid Gallery, Bray (2023)
Winter Open Exhibition, Outset Gallery, Galway (2023 & 2024)
Active Committee Member of the IOVA Photography Collective (2019–present), contributing to the organization and participation in multiple exhibitions across Dublin.
Solo Exhibitions
Imagine Arts Festival, Waterford (2023)
A landscape photography exhibition documenting the cinematic landscapes of Waterford used in Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon.
Publications
Mass Isolation Project, Photo Museum Ireland (2022)
Image included in a publication highlighting photographic works captured during Ireland's Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020.
TLP Editions (2025):
Peripheral Beliefs I & II
The Fair Green
You can contact me by email mrjohnfoley1@gmail.com. Alternatively, you can call me on +353 876827892.
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