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This is the photography bookshop site for the Gallery of Photography Dublin, Ireland. In the Gallery bookshop itself we have over 3,000 book titles. You can find a selection of them here.
You can order photography books here and have me send them to you, or you can purchase them online and collect them after in the Gallery of Photography bookshop in Meeting House Sq. Temple Bar, Dublin 2, if that works better for you.
To see our selection, choose from the categories. We have put a selection of book titles below and will be uploading more each week. If we don’t have a title you are looking and would like us to order in for you or if you have any questions about our products you can contact Darragh at info@galleryofphotography.ie / 01-6714654.
Also in stock, 1000s of photographic postcards, LOMO camera products & film stock – please pop in for a browse.
Signed Edition: Assume the stillness of a tree by Martin Healy
22.1 × 16.6 × 0.8 cm€30.00Published in Autumn 2021, this signed limited edition book is comprised of images from three related collections of photographs – Field Notes (2017 – 2021), The Augurs (2018) and Those Who Were Birds (2018 – 2021). The images in the book are recorded in a variety of locations – they are not specific to any […]
Special Edition: Above the Fold by Noel Bowler
31.6 × 25 × 1.7 cm€67.00This Special Edition of ‘Above The Fold’ is signed by the author and comes with the limited edition ‘Above The Fold’ Tote Bag. Above The Fold is a series of photographs taken in some of the most respected and recognised newspaper newsrooms from around the world. Made over a six year period and working together […]
PRE-ORDER My Dublin 1963, My Dubliners 2020 by Alen MacWeeney
30 × 25 × 2.5 cm€40.00THIS IS A PRE-ORDER FOR THIS BOOK. THE BOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SHIPPING & LOCAL COLLECTION FROM 11TH DECEMBER. In September 1962 Irish photographer Alen MacWeeney returned to Dublin from a year in New York, working for the acclaimed photographer Richard Avedon. Equipped with a 35mm Leica camera, he went onto the streets of the city […]
Lost Ireland by Orla Fitzpatrick
29 × 25.3 × 2 cm€25.00Pavilion Books’ Lost series traditionally looks at the cherished places of a city that time, progress and fashion have swept aside. However, using the new expanded 176-page format of the book, Lost Ireland covers the entirety of the island of Ireland. Losses from all 32 counties are included from County Cork in the south to […]
Local by Pete Smyth
21 × 26 × 2 cm€45.00Gallery of Photography Ireland is delighted to publish a retrospective book Local by photographer Pete Smyth featuring work from his extensive photography project documenting aspects of life in Tallaght, West Dublin. About Local: LOCAL invites us into a forgotten corner of contemporary Ireland – Tallaght, on the periphery of Dublin – where Pete Smyth has lived and […]
Local by Pete Smyth, with limited edition Horse print.
21 × 26 × 2 cm€100.00Special edition 2 now available. (Special edition 1 has sold out) Only 10 copies of this book and print will be available from 25/08/2020 until they are sold out. Gallery of Photography Ireland is delighted to publish a retrospective book by photographer Pete Smyth featuring work from his extensive photography project documenting aspects of life in Tallaght, […]
The Second Shift by Clare Gallagher, signed copy
24 × 18 × 1.5 cm€35.00Clare Gallagher signing copies of her new book The Second Shift in our photobook shop. ‘The Second Shift is the term given to the hidden shift of housework and childcare primarily carried out by women on top of their paid employment. It is physical, mental and emotional labour which demands effort, skill and time but […]
ONE by Eamonn Doyle
51 × 36 × 4 cm€50.00Number One in a new series of publications by Eamonn Doyle who started printing the contact sheets for this project in our photographers darkroom during last year. Edition of 300, signed and Numbered. 70 x 50 cm / endorse folder to 35 x 50 cm 24 images / Printed double black on Munken Print Cream 18, […]
Martin Parr, From the Pope to a Flat White Ireland 1979-2019
33 × 25 × 1.5 cm€49.00MARTIN PARR’S WORK TRACES A LINE THROUGH THE DECADES AS IRISH SOCIETY GRADUALLY SHIFTED AWAY FROM CONFORMISM. IT ALSO CAPTURES MANY THINGS THAT NEVER WENT AWAY — Fintan O’Toole, Irish Times 2020 Since the late 1980’s Martin Parr has been taking photographs in Ireland. Between 1980-1982 he lived in the West of Ireland embedding himself […]
Joyrider Print – Ross McDonnell Limited Edition Poster Print
66 × 8 × 8 cm€50.00THIS IS THE JOYRIDER PRINT – NOT THE BOOK Print Details Offset Lithograph print with embossed JOYRIDER logo Printed on 250gsm Arctic Volume Signed and numbered Edition of 100 Set against the backdrop of the Ballymun housing estate in Dublin, Ireland, Joyrider is a coming of age story, documenting rites of passage on the ‘block,’ […]
Joyrider Book by Ross McDonnell
27 × 21 × 1.5 cm€52.00Set against the backdrop of the Ballymun housing estate in Dublin, Ireland, Joyrider is a coming of age story, documenting rites of passage on the ‘block,’ experiences that convert youthful abandon to criminal enterprise. Inspired by societal changes in his native Ireland, McDonnell spent several years working in the area as residents were being relocated […]
Joyrider by Ross McDonnell with signed limited edition print.
66 × 21 × 1.5 cm€90.00Set against the backdrop of the Ballymun housing estate in Dublin, Ireland, Joyrider is a coming of age story, documenting rites of passage on the ‘block,’ experiences that convert youthful abandon to criminal enterprise. Inspired by societal changes in his native Ireland, McDonnell spent several years working in the area as residents were being relocated […]
Irish Work by Tom Wood
29 × 24 × 3 cm€90.00This book includes signed & limited 6×4″ print Irish Work by Tom Wood is a highly personal book of unseen photographs taken over a period of over nearly 50 years. The book contains over 200 previously unpublished images centring on Wood’s lifelong relationship with Ireland – a personal story and conflict, linked to the wider […]
Dublin, Krass Clement
26.5 × 20.5 × 2.5 cm€90.00For over twenty years, Krass Clement’s book Drum, photographed in a single evening, has long been regarded as one of the most iconic photobooks ever made. RRB are pleased to be able to now publish Dublin. The images in Dublin retain some of the style of Drum, an almost autobiographical account of the three journeys […]
End of the Caliphate by Ivor Prickett
26.4 × 2.3 × 31.3 cm€45.00This book is the result of over a year’s work in 2016 and 2017 photographing the military campaign to reclaim Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, from ISIS. Working exclusively for the New York Times, Irish-born photographer Ivor Prickett (born 1983) was often embedded within Iraqi special forces troops as he documented both the fighting and […]
Perigee by Paul Gaffney
23 × 30.5 × 2 cm€65.00Walking through the Luxembourgish Ardennes, Gaffney documented his wanderings using polaroids. Later, he re-explored certain routes after nightfall, to photograph under the light of the full moon. Bathed in its soft otherworldly glow, the forest’s narrow steep valleys evoke a mysterious, psychological wilderness, in what is in reality, a highly managed man-made environment. […]
Seán Hillen – set of 8 postcards of the acclaimed IRELANTIS series
15.5 × 11 × .5 cm€14.00Irelantis – Set of 8 postcards by Sean Hillen Sean Hillen’s Irelantis collages have been described as “the most vivid and emblematic expression of the dreams and anxieties of ‘Celtic Tiger’ Ireland” and now have themselves become part of the cultural landscape. This set of 8 individual postcards of Sean Hillen’s acclaimed collages from Irelantis have been reproduced to […]
JOSEPH-PHILIPPE BÉVILLARD: Mincéirs, Signed First edition 2021
30 × 22 × 2 cm€110.00Joseph-Philippe Bévillard’s poignant and humanistic first monograph celebrating Irish Travellers with an essay by Peggy Sue Amison Signed, First edition 2021 “Mincéirs are a traditionally nomadic ethnic minority indigenous to Ireland, referred to by the Irish Government and the settled population as Irish Travellers. The Mincéir is a true name of the Irish travelling […]
Holy Pictures with limited edition print by Tony Murray
26 × 24 × 3 cm€120.00HOLY PICTURES Tony Murray Holy Pictures captures the last vestiges of popular devotional practices once widespread in Ireland. Tony Murray’s vivid images from the late 1970s and early 1980s are a compelling record of an aspect of Irish life that has largely disappeared. By turns poignant and surreal, the photographs depict pilgrims, devotees and true […]
Tomorrow is Sunday by Miriam O’Connor
21 × 25.5 × 1.3 cm€35.00Tomorrow is Sunday by Miriam O’Connor ‘Following the death of my brother Jerome, I returned home to be with my mother and sister and to help run the family farm. That was in 2013, and since then, against the backdrop of everyday farming life, photography and my relationship to it has taken many twists and […]
Tomorrow is Sunday by Miriam O’Connor, Limited Edition €100
21 × 25.5 × 1.3 cm€100.00LIMITED EDITION PRINT INFORMATION 10 x 8″ archival print on Photo Rag Hahnemühle. Limited to 50 copies of the book. The cost of this book with the limited edition print is €100.00 Design: Miriam O’’Connor & Niall McCormack Editing: Miriam O’’Connor & Tanya Kiang Published by: Gallery of Photography Ireland Printed in Ireland by Impress Printing Works Year: 2020 Format: […]
TONY O’SHEA – THE LIGHT OF DAY (WITH SIGNED AND LIMITED SILVERPRINT)
28 × 21 × 3 cm€150.00Limited Edition Copy. The Light of Day – Tony O’Shea (Available for local pickup or shipping at the Gallery of Photography Ireland) The Gallery of Photography Ireland & RRB Photobooks are pleased to present The Light of Day by Tony O’Shea. The book is a retrospective of Tony O’Shea’s work, spanning 4 decades from 1979 to 2019 and is published […]
The Light of Day – Tony O’Shea
28 × 21 × 3 cm€50.00The Light of Day – Tony O’Shea The Gallery of Photography Ireland & RRB Photobooks are pleased to present The Light of Day by Tony O’Shea. The book is a retrospective of Tony O’Shea’s work, spanning 4 decades from 1979 to 2019 and is published to coincide with an exhibition of his work at the Gallery of Photography Ireland […]
For Those That Tell No Tales by Dara McGrath
24 × 19 × 2.5 cm€30.00For Those That Tell No Tales began as a series of conversations between Dara McGrath and Dan Breen, curator of Cork Public Museum, around how the museum and Cork city were to commemorate the Irish War of Independence. This kick-started a three year study of sites in and around the city. Preparation was taken before […]
Old Ireland in Colour 2 by John Breslin & Sarah-Anne Buckley
23.8 × 19.7 × 2.6 cm€25.95In Old Ireland in Colour 2, the much-anticipated sequel to their beloved bestseller, John Breslin and Sarah-Anne Buckley have dug even deeper into Ireland’s historical archives to uncover captivating photographic gems to bring to life using a unique blend of cutting-edge technology, historical research and expert colourisation. Old Ireland in Colour 2 celebrates more of […]
The Station by Chris Killip
38 × 29 × 1 cm€85.00Late in 2016 Chris Killip’s son serendipitously discovered a box of contact sheets of the photos his father had made at The Station, an anarcho-punk music venue in Gateshead open from 1981 to 1985. These images of raw youth caught in the heat of celebration had lain dormant for 30 years; they now return to life […]
Seacoal by Chris Killip
23 × 27 × 1 cm€48.00During 1983 to 1984 Chris Killip lived in a caravan on the seacoal camp, and documented the life, work and the struggle to survive on the beach, using his unflinching style of objective documentation.
During 1983 to 1984 Chris Killip lived in a caravan on the seacoal camp, and documented the life, work and the struggle to survive on the beach, using his unflinching style of objective documentation.
The Seaside 1975 – 1981 by Chris Killip
20 × 14 × 0.5 cm€12.00Year: 2020 Format: Softcover Size: 140 x 200 mm Pages: 34pp Edition of 500 Published by: Cafe Royal Books Documentary photography by Chris Killip This 34-page paperback showcases images of the seaside as captured by Chris Killip between the years 1975 and 1981. Chris Killip (1946 – 2020) was a Manx photographer who worked at Harvard […]
Isle of Man TT Races 1971 by Chris Killip
20 × 14 × 0.5 cm€12.00Year: 2018 Format: Softcover Size: 140 x 200 mm Pages: 22pp Second print Published by: Cafe Royal Books Documentary photography by Chris Killip This 22-page paperback showcases images from the Isle of Man TT Races as captured by Chris Killip during the year 1971. The Isle of Man TT is the ultimate ‘must see it’ event […]
The Nature of Photographs by Stephen Shore
24.5 × 21 × 1 cm€25.00The Nature of Photographs is an essential primer of how to look at and understand photographs, by one of the world’s most influential photographers, Stephen Shore. In this book, Shore explores ways of understanding photographs from all periods and all types – from iconic images to found photographs, from negatives to digital files. This books serves as an […]
The Street Photographer’s Manual by David Gibson, with foreword by Matt Stuart
23 × 18 × 1.5 cm€18.00The Street Photographer’s Manual celebrates the spirit of street photography with inspiring instruction to help you capture the perfect urban moment. Through twenty simple project tutorials on subjects such as ‘Sequences’, ‘Shadows’ and ‘Objects’, as well as illustrated profiles of twenty internationally acclaimed street photographers, including Bruce Gilden, Nils Jorgensen and Trent Parke, author David Gibson […]
Photography by David Bate
21.5 × 14 × 1.5 cm€14.00An inclusive introduction to photography that elucidates the multiple, dynamic roles and character of this art form, both historically and today.Photography has a complex relationship to art. This volume uses an innovative framework to help readers appreciate photography as its own modern art form. In his unique and insightful approach, professor of photography David Bate […]
Americans Anonymous by Barry Delaney & John O’Donnell
26.1 × 24.7 × 1.5 cm€25.00Authors John O’Donnell & Barry Delaney singing copies of ‘Americans Anonymous’ Americans Anonymous is a pictorial road trip across the United States, a country that, in the wake of Donald Trump, has never been more divided. From East to West by way of the Deep South, in the tradition of Robert Frank and Dorothea Lange, […]
Helen Levitt (Photofile) by Jean-François Chevrier
19 × 12.5 × 1 cm€16.00A compact survey of the work of 20th-century photographer Helen Levitt, best known for her New York street photography. Brooklyn-born photographer Helen Levitt (1913–2009) was an assistant to Walker Evans and a friend of Henri Cartier-Bresson, but forged her own path with fierce independence and endless curiosity about the world around her. She is best […]
Women Photographers (Slipcased set) (Photofile) by Clara Bouveresse
19 × 12.5 × 3.2 cm€42.00Women have been pioneering photographers since the earliest days of the art form. This expertly curated set of three volumes in the renowned Photofile series brings together 190 women photographers from all over the world, working in all styles and genres. From the imaginative experiments of the 19th century to the thriving art movements of […]
Signed Edition: Cherry Blossom by Bruce Gilden
35 × 24 × 2.3 cm€68.00Bruce Gilden first set foot in Japan in 1994. On that trip and subsequent others, he explored the meandering streets of a country that had long fascinated him. From Tokyo to Osaka, he laid Japan bare in his own inimitable photographic style. Each image is a very close and powerful encounter with a story behind […]