Daniel de Chenu, Irish, b.1961
Title: Church of the Holy Redeemer, Bray, County Wicklow, 1986
Medium: Silver gelatin print
Dimensions:
37 × 25 cm
Credit Line: Purchased, 2022
Object Number: NGI.2022.23
DescriptionArtist’s Statement: When I made this image I was living in Bray, County Wicklow. I would regularly photograph the life and people of the town. I even briefly had a position as a photographer on the staff of a local newspaper, the Bray People. I also began my teaching career working on adult education evening classes in photography in the town. This image was made during a holy communion ceremony in the church on the Main Street. I had been given permission to photograph the ceremony and with so many people taking photographs of their children in the church it became possible to make this image of a local man deep in prayer.
ProvenancePurchased, 2022
Exhibition History‘The Loving Eye’, Kodak Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1991.