New Photography Projects.

Exploring Fatherhood and Rural Memory in County Louth

I’ve been working on two new photography projects that mark a shift in my practice. Working from County Louth, my recent work moves away from the graphic, mixed-media approach associated with my earlier projects and toward a more documentary-led photographic practice rooted in observation, place, and lived experience.

The first project, Nowadays, is an upcoming pop-up photography exhibition taking place at Creative Spark’s Downtown Hub this August. Developed over several months, the work centres around everyday life, movement, and personal transition. The series emerged following the arrival of my son, when drives around town became both routine and a creative catalyst.

What began as a return to photography gradually evolved into a reflective study on fatherhood, creative change, and the challenge of sustaining artistic practice within the demands of contemporary life. Captured across streets, quiet moments, and passing environments, the work documents fragments of everyday experience while exploring ideas of care, routine, and observation.

Running alongside this is a longer-term photography-based body of work focused on rural landscapes, abandoned farm homes, and changing patterns of life across County Louth. Supported by the Louth County Arts Office, the project combines documentary photography and portraiture to look at memory, displacement, and human connection through rural environments and overlooked spaces.

Over the next 12–15 months, this work will also include a series of artist-led workshops and a public artist talk aimed at increasing access to contemporary photography and visual storytelling within local communities. Public engagement is an important part of the work, inviting participants to explore photography as a tool for observation, ethics, narrative, and personal reflection.

Together, these projects represent a shift in my practice. Previously working under the name Habitus Prime, my earlier work explored surrealism, pop culture, street aesthetics, and graphic design through mixed media, screen printing, and installation. Projects from this period include Local Legends, commissioned by An Táin Arts Centre in 2021, alongside exhibitions such as Oneiric with Bó Studios.

While the visual language of my work has evolved, recurring themes remain present throughout my practice — including narrative, identity, emotional experience, and experimentation with image-making processes.

I work from Bó Studios, supported by An Táin Arts Centre, and I’m an active member of Creative Spark and the Creative Spark Print Studio.

Further details on exhibition dates, workshops, artist talks, and public presentations will be announced in the coming months.