Damian Drohan

WWII Veterans Project Book-War Memory In Ireland

admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:31:09 +0000

My publishers are interested in publishing a book on the WW2 memory project. They are a small independent publishers, Arts Council funded and they are willing to take on a lot of the production costs. However they require me to find sponsorship of 4000 euros to cover some of the production costs and I need to raise separately approx 1500 euros to cover extra film costs, petrol, etc. I’ve already invested about 2000 euros of personal funds. The Arts Council aren’t interested, the Heritage Council haven’t replied. So I’m thinking of running a crowdfunding campaign with donation levels of 5, 15, 25, 50 and 100 euros with varying levels of ‘rewards’. It’s my first time doing this and I’m looking for feedback on what people would expect at different levels of funding. So please feel free to comment. When I setup the campaign I will be guided by your feedback and I will publish a breakdown of how I spend the extra 1500 euros, look forward to your feedback and if you want to see the work in progress it’s www.ww2vetsproject.com thanks, Damian

Final version of “Sunlight is Dazzling” film released for World Sight Day

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:10:44 +0000

A short film of a little over three minutes which tells the story of Patricia O’ Halloran, 80 as she describes her sight and the impact her Guide Dog has made on her life.

Culture Night exhibition and portrait project

admin — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:56:12 +0000

As part of Culture Night, 23rd September, in Cork, I’m going to be staging the first mini-exhibition of my work on Irish War memory . I’ll have prints and a listening post in the City Council Offices, next to the Fire Station. The work is viewable from 5pm, and if you’re so inclined you can pop along and have your portrait taken for my new project, at the same venue.

You can preview the War Memory project here: http://www.ww2vetsproject.com/

Second part of Photo-Essay series

admin — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:07:41 +0000

The second of my three part series on shooting and editing a photo-essay is out today. A new experience for me, supplying images and the pictures:

Part II of my "Photography Monthly" series on shooting a photo-essay

Recent work

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:18:20 +0000

I haven’t had a chance to post for a while, luckily there are a few editorial commissions coming in, which is great. Here’s a couple of recent ones for the Sunday Business Post.

Bernard McNamee photographed for the Sunday Business Post

Brendan O' Brien of Thinksmart Technologies, photographed for the Sunday Business Post

First Illustrated article published in “Photography Monthly” magazine

admin — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:33:47 +0000

I was contacted by Photography Monthly Magazine some time back and asked to write and illustrate a series of three articles on shooting a photo-essay. The first article is out in the September edition, published today, I don’t have permission to reproduce the full article here, but you can see a snapshot of the first page below:

The first of three articles on shooting a documentary photography project/photo-essay by Cork based Irish editorial, documentary, portrait photographer and multimedia producer Damian Drohan. www.damiandrohan.com

Irish Independent Weekend portrait

admin — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:19:39 +0000

I was recently commissioned by the Irish Independent Weekend to photograph blogger, food writer, and founder of the “Loaves & Fishes Supper Club”, you can see the online version of the article here: Irish Independent Weekend and the print version is below:

Stephan-Polish WW2 Veteran

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:20:25 +0000

I had the pleasure of meeting, photographing and interviewing Polish WW2 Veteran Stephan Kowalski over a few sessions during July. Stephan has lived in Ireland since the 1970′s. He worked in England for many years after the war as an architect. He joined the Polish resistance shortly after the German invasion and when the Germans began to suspect his involvement in the resistance, he made his way to the Italian border by train and then had to walk for many kilometres to the British lines. He was sent to Scotland to train with the Polish regiment and saw service in France, Holland and Germany. I hope to post a stills film and interview with Stephan over on my war memory site in the next week or so.

Stephan Kowalski Polish WW2 Veteran, photographed by Damian Drohan

Ted Jones-WW2 Catalina Pilot Photofilm

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:09:36 +0000

One from the archive, this little 90 second story hasn’t really seen the light of day. Kick back for 90 seconds with a coffee and listen to Ted Jones as he describes a little of his life as a Catalina Pilot. Please feel free to comment.

Interview excerpt-Stephan, Polish WW2 veteran

admin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:45:33 +0000

Audio MP3