The Writers Portrait Project
TypeFace is a portrait project where I am asking authors, poets and playwrights to allow me to take a classic black and white portrait of them, and I am asking them to nominate a piece of their writing to overlay onto the portrait.
The basis of the idea is that, unlike actors, musicians and comedians, writers shouldn’t need to project a personality in their portraits, their words should reflect their personality instead.
Each portrait is shot with the same background, the same lighting, the same lens and edited in the same way to create a uniform body of work.
Each passage chosen by the writer will have a significance and a story behind it, and eventually, I plan to have an exhibition of large format prints of the images and an accompanying book with the images and the written work.
Contact me on 086 806 4613 or at dermot.photo@gmail.com for more information.
Louise O'Neill - Author
David Mitchell - Author
Sean Ronayne - Ornatholigist and Author
Joy Larkcom - Gardener and Author
Paul McMahon - Poet
Brian Connolly - Author
Dominic Moore - Playwright and Actor
Joe Horgan - Poet
Dr. Dermot Casey - Psychotherapist and Author
