From The Library Project to the PhotoIreland Collection
We imagined a library dedicated to Photography and Image Culture with unique, contemporary publications from all over the world, for you to enjoy.
From 2018, the collection is transforming and will benefit you with a broader scope. Presented as The PhotoIreland Collection, it will now host artworks by Irish and international artists, making these available to national and international organisations.
The PhotoIreland Collection started its life as ‘The Library Project‘ in 2011, aiming to bring to Irish audiences a collection of publications around Photography, complementing those of the public and university libraries, and building the core of a public resource library. To date, it holds approximately over 2000 items from more than 200 publishers worldwide.
Imagine a library dedicated to Photography and Image Culture with unique, contemporary publications from all over the world, free for you to enjoy.
Initiated in 2011 by Claudi Nir and Ángel Luis González Fernández, The Library Project set out to offer the public an on-going collection of the latest photobooks, magazines and zines, whether produced by publishing houses or self-published.
In 2012, the collection was expanded with the efforts of Arcangela Regis. Then, Claudi Nir, Alison Baker Kerrigan, and Svetlana Zabelka started cataloguing the items. In 2013, with the support and passion of Steven Maybury, Katie Mooney-Sheppard, Gill Thorpe, Sinéad Corcoran, and Lorna Murphy, the collection kept expanding, it was catalogued, and was finally made available online.
The curated selection holds already a respectable number of titles, and welcomes everyone, both individuals and organisations, to contribute to and enjoy this unique public resource library. This website offers an online catalogue with most of the items in the collection being constantly updated.