So I finally managed to get my act together and organize my book launch and exhibition!
I started the Invisible People project back in 2008 when I first moved to Ireland from South Africa. It started off with one trip to Dublin with a couple friends. I would normally take my camera with me to take some touristy type photos. But this day I started to get interested in street photography when I took a candid photo of a guy while he was sitting down and holding a cup for change.
The photo left a real good impression on me right after I took it and thats when I started to look around for more “shots” like these. After a couple street photography trips to Dublin and Galway I started to notice that a lot of these guys on the street just get ignored. In a way I was also keeping my distance a bit.
It was only when I went to Galway one day and was walking up and down this one area looking at one homeless guy that things changed. Being too scared to take a candid photo and doing a couple trips past him, He called me over and said “Take a photo of me! Make me famous!” – Thats when I started to take more interest in their stories and them.
After “Dublin Mick” called me over, I spent close to an hour listening to some of his stories while I took a couple random snaps of him and some of his friends that are also homeless in Galway. For a while I went over to Galway every weekend and just stopping for a chat and to give him some money.
After a while I started to build up a big collection of photos, candid type photos to show the whole “story” or moment plus some portraits. Thats when I decided to keep going with the project and came up with the tittle of “Invisible People”
So 3.5 years later I have a massive collection of photos from the project and have put together a 80 page book with my favorite photos. So I will be having a book launch & exhibition over the space of two days in Dublin. The book itself is A4 B&W printed on a real nice velvety paper and for the exhibition I have started to print a collection of 15, maybe 20 of my favorite photos from the book. All of them will be printed real big (100cm x 70cm) to add a bit more impact.
Invisible People is a self-funded charity project. So I have taken on all the costs for the book printing / exhibition. All the profits made from the sale of the book and prints will be donated to Cope Galway. The book and prints will be up for grabs during the two days and will also be available online.
For more information and photos, Please have a look at the Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/InvisiblePeopleBook
For more information on the book launch, Please have a look at the Facebook events page.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=327258530624394
Event Details:
Invisible People Book launch & Exhibition
13th & 14th January 2012
13th January – 19:30 – 22:00
14th January – All day exhibition
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