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Dead Letters

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Dead Letters    
Lost, Found, Cherished...
These are some of the notes I've found scattered around Limerick. I take them home, dry them out, and store them in a shoebox. I've used these three examples as material to experiment with in the dark room. By exposing the various letters/notes onto photographic paper I am able to keep the individual characteristics of the unknown author's hand-writing. Wear and tear, water-damage and creases in the paper remain visible. 
The negative exposure of these simple notes and letters give each photograph a ghostly and ethereal quality.
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Letter to Simon
Found outside Nightclub
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Letter to Simon (detail) mentioning Peter.
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Scribbled Notes on Religion 
Found on the road.
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Found outside flat.
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Dead Letters
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Ballinasloe, Ireland

Dead Letters

Exposing found notes and letters onto photographic paper in the dark room.

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