Dearest Fathers, what becomes of the boy, no longer a boy
Thomas Hall
Griffith College and PhotoIreland
English
Softcover
32 pages
150 x 210 mm
2021
ISBN Not Available
Attitudes towards homosexuality have changed over time. Still, Hall found himself needing to unlearn deeply embedded ideologies planted at such a developmental period in his life. Using photography and experiences from everyday life with his relationship with his partner, this body of work was a vehicle for Hall to explore these ideas of internalised homophobia. These images attempt to articulate an internalised struggle with the melancholic weight of introspection. The title, Dearest Father, what becomes of the boy, no longer a boy is an excerpt taken from Ocean Vuong’s poem ‘Prayer For The Newly Damned’. This poem seeks forgiveness from one of the main sources of every young man’s sense of masculinity, his Father.
(source: blurb)
About the Artist
Thomas Hall is a Dublin-based photographer. Adopting a documentarian style, he gravitates towards the idea of unravelling interior investigations and creating visual truths with a voyeuristic approach. He has always been more comfortable responding to his immediate environment, rather than ‘hunting’ for those moments.
(source: https://photomuseumireland.ie/graduate-development-awards-2021)
About the Publishers
Founded in 2009, PhotoIreland was conceived as an organisation that stimulates a dialogue around photography in Ireland by developing a varied array of initiatives and events with a strong participative approach.
festival.photoireland.org
(source: https://wiki.photoireland.org/publications/tonys-ponys-zoe-hamill/)
Griffith College is a private university based in Dublin.
griffith.ie
