For the first in our Dublin Photo Diary series, we asked photographer Shay Hunston to talk about his People Of Temple Bar project. We’ve featured eight portraits in Part 1 with the remaining eight to be featured next week:
Earlier this year, I began a project to photograph and document, street by street, the independent retailers in Temple Bar, one of the oldest parts of Dublin. As each street was completed an exhibition of the photographs was staged in the shop windows. A collage of the photographs was also displayed on each street. The project helps to create a greater awareness and promote the businesses and streets in the area.
I started the project at the quieter, Christ Church end of Temple Bar, many of these cobbled and terraced streets such as Essex Street West and Cows Lane are unknown to most Dubliners (Cows Lane even has its own designer market on Saturdays) yet supports a rich and diverse range of businesses such as boutiques, restaurants, a bookshop, florist, bakery, design studios, the Gaiety School Of Acting and Smock Alley Theatre. When the project is completed, an exhibition of all the photographs taken in Temple Bar will be staged in the area. For more information on the project visit Shay Hunston Photography
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- Veronica – Tamp & Stitch, Essex St, West, Temple Bar. “Before I die I would like to go to Greenland to see the Aurora Borealis.”
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- Wendy – Scout Boutique, Essex St, West, Temple Bar. “Before I die I would like to take my son to Tokyo to experience the city, the street style and show him all the music spots because his Dad has been there already.”
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- Ash – Run Logic, Essex St, West, Temple Bar. “Before I die I would like to sail around the world visiting places like Bora Bora, Tahiti, The Cook Islands and Japan. Basically sailing along the Equator belt, living in shorts for a year or two, surviving on a diet of fish.”
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- Hugh – Lazy Bike Tours, Essex St, West, Temple Bar. “Before I die I would like to Stand Up Paddle the length of the River Shannon from the source to the sea.”
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- Neil – Tamp & Stitch, Essex St, West, Temple Bar. “Before I die I would like to drive the West Coast of America in a convertible, from Northern Washington State right down to Southern California and then across up to New York on Route 66. I’d also like to go horse riding across the plains of Mongolia.”
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- Lou Lou – Scout Boutique, Essex St, West, Temple Bar. “Before I die I would like to visit Rome to see Michelangelo’s frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.”
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- Dani – Dublin Ink, Cows Lane, Temple Bar. “Before I die I would like to visit Cuba before the fall of Castro to experience the music, the culture, the dance, the old cars, the coloured buildings and the sun.”
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- Zara – Scout Boutique, Essex St, West. “Before I die I would like to pass my driving test and visit Iceland.”
