Staff

Paul Gaffney
Lecturer
Media Communications
BIO

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: PHOTOGRAPHY AND MOVING IMAGE

Paul Gaffney holds an MFA in Photography from Ulster University and his practice-led PhD research explores different ways of experiencing and representing the landscape, and how the act of image making can both enable and disrupt a sense of flow and connection with our environment.  

His work has received a number of awards including the Arts Council's `Next Generation Award' and Visual Arts Bursaries, the FSAS Digital Media Award, and a Strategic Projects Award from Wicklow Arts Office. 

Gaffney’s books have been nominated for the Photobook Award at the International Photobook Festival Kassel (2013 & 2016) and shortlisted for the European Publishers Award for Photography, and he has exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions in the US, UK, the Netherlands, South Africa, Ireland, Italy, France, Spain and China. 

 

 

LINKS:

 

www.paulgaffneyphotography.com

 

RELATED COURSES:

 

BA (HONS) PHOTOGRAPHY WITH NEW MEDIA