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Small Lives: Photographs of Irish Childhood 1860-1970
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About Small Lives: Photographs Of Irish Childhood 1860-1970
Small Lives presents a photographic portrait of Irish childhood in the decades between 1860 and 1970. Drawn from the collections of the National Library of Ireland, and based on their extremely successful exhibition of the same name, Small Lives offers an eclectic survey of Irish childhood as captured by the camera. Many of the images are previously unpublished and provide an added dimension to the written records, revealing how children were perceived and presented visually. In part it is also a history of the craft of photography; the ways in which children are portrayed change as much with the mechanics of cameras as they do with the mores of the society in which they live. Formal studio portraits are set alongside family albums and photo-journalism, revealing a variety of experiences over the century and across the island. This glimpse into Irish childhood is joyful, nostalgic and, at times, affecting. 140 b&w photographs. ""The volume is very attractive. The photographs are invariably absorbing in their variety and in the weight of history they reflect, as well as in the questions they raise.""--Irish Literary Supplement.
