Stray
Paul Gaffney
Self-Published
Hardcover book encased within a box.
36 pages
205 x 155 mm
2016
ISBN Not Available
Stray was released in 2015 as a limited edition handmade artist’s book and was nominated for the MACK First Book Award, and the Photobook Award 2016 at the 8th International Photobook Festival, and was included in a Photobook Phenomenon exhibition at the Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, in Spain. Stray was made in near total darkness and its sequence of images suggests a slow careful movement through a dark, enclosed space.
(source: https://apps.carleton.edu/museum/ireland/artists/gaffney/)
About the Artist
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, Australia and China.
paulgaffney.com
(source: Paul Gaffney)
