Seán Laoide-Kemp

Biography

 

Born in Manchester, England.

Lives and works in Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

 

Seán Laoide-Kemp is a freelance photographer who completed his studies on the BA (Hons) Photography programme at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dún Laoghaire (IADT), graduating with First Class Honours. He recently completed a practice-led Masters by Research course in IADT.

 

Laoide-Kemp practices mainly in the genre of aftermath photography, the photographing of dark events after they have taken place. This particular genre joins together two of his great passions in life: history and photography. An example of this union can be seen in his most recent project, Landscape as Witness, which aims to visually represent the constructions that were built as part of the Public Works Scheme during the Great Irish Famine/An Gorta Mór (1845-52) in North Clare, Ireland. The project consists of images taken of these constructions and their surrounding landscape, accompanied by oral history and ethnographic accounts.

 

Using aftermath photography, Laoide-Kemp hopes to bring forgotten moments/events to light.

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Group Exhibitions:

2014 Ode to Crept, Steambox, Dublin, Ireland.

2016 Photography in Space, Space in Photography, Galerie Ladislava Sutnara, Plzen, Czech Republic.
2017 IADT BA(Hons) Photography Graduate Exhibition, IADT Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland.

2017 Street Feasts, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland.

2017 RE:VIEW, The Complex, Dublin, Ireland.

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Honours & Awards:

2017 IADT's Student of the Year for 2017, IADT Class of 2017 Graduation, Ireland.

2018 Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust Award Winner, Ireland.

 

Press and Publications:

Waltons New School of Music, The Irish Independent, Music Network.

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Clients:

Walton's New School of Music, Music Network, Dublin City Council, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI), Axis Ballymun, FoodCloud.

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Education:

2013 - 2017  BA [Hons] in Photography (First Class Honours, 4.0 GPA). IADT Dún Laoghaire.

2017 - 2019  Masters by Research. IADT Dún Laoghaire.