Thurles Library presents new exhibition, Attention/Intention

Mark Collins is an award-winning freelance photographer currently based in Holycross.

Having spent 20 years working as a cinematographer in the Australian film industry, August 2019 saw Mark returning home to the land of his birth, Ireland.

Upon his seeing what was both his past and now present with fresh eyes, Mark was inspired to photograph his surroundings.

Informed by his love of cinema, he is driven by a longing to highlight the inherent natural beauty, form and texture, particularly in places overlooked or unnoticed.

Previously behind the lens within film and cinema, lockdown saw Mark return to education whereupon he studied photography at LCFE, School of Creative Media & Visual Arts, in Limerick.

His studies have reignited a passion for both his home and visual storytelling.

In this exhibition of his latest 29 Photographic works entitled Attention/Intention, he draws from his aesthetic roots in cinema,inviting viewers to see beyond classical notions of beauty.

An active focus on the decontextualising of forms, Mark welcomesaudiences to look beyond the traditional categorisation of stilllife & allow our own imaginations to adventure across the visualterrain of his works.

“The challenge is to see beyond the distraction of the conspicuous.”

The observer is invited into a creative dialogue with the pictures and asked what their own impressions of the world within the art is what kinds of characters, forms and stories inhabit these worlds?

Mark’s careful and meditative approach to the detail and materiality of the subject examines a notion to look more closely at the world around us and discover beauty in unusual or unexpected places and moments.

Email: contactmarkcollin [email protected].

Website: studiomark collins.com.

Instagram: studiomarkcollins

Friday, August 2- Saturday, August 31 during Library opening hours.

For further details telephone Thurles Library on 052 616 6131.