Gomma Photography Grant 2021
False Friends
Photographer
Dominic Turner
False Friends
28 Jan, 2022
In a world of 'cognitive dissonance' and 'alternative facts' I muse on the idea of truth in this series of handmade photographs. The camera always lies in my view or at best is deeply subjective truth and in these prints I straddle the divide. As Albert Camus apparently once said - "Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.â€
About the photographer
Dominic Turner
I am an artist & photographer based in Dublin, Ireland where I run a small digital print studio working for Ireland's top artists, photographers and institutions. My photographs have been exhibited and published both in Ireland and abroad and my prints are included in many public and private collections. Represented by Charlet Photographies in France, Duncan Miller Gallery in California and SO Fine Art Editions in Dublin. Recent Shortlists & Awards include... Hariban Award, Benrido Atelier, Kyoto, Japan, 2021. Winners list - ‘Honourable Mention’ category InCadaqués International Photography Festival. Open Call, 2018. Winner Fotofilmic 18//Shortlist 1 & selected for Travelling Exhibition, 2019 Gomma Photography Grant, 2017. Shortlist Renaissance Photography Prize, 2017. Finalist Hariban Award, 2017. Shortlist
