If you lived here, you’d be home by now
Ruth Connolly
The Velvet Cell
English
Hardcover
56 pages
180 x 235 mm
2016
ISBN 9781908889430
Shot between 2013 and 2014, ‘If you lived here, you’d be home by now’ questions the existence and function of Ireland’s ghost estates – housing estates that were built throughout Ireland, but never occupied due to the the economic crash of 2008.
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About the Artist
Ruth Connolly is an Irish photographer and visual artist. She graduated in 2014 with an MA in Photography from Central Saint Martins, London, and has exhibited both in Ireland and abroad. She currently lives in Dublin where she works as a photographer and photography lecturer.
ruthconnolly.com
About the Publisher
The Velvet Cell is an independent photobook publisher with a specific focus on projects that explore urbanism, architecture and our modern way of living in cities. It was founded by Éanna de Fréine after he moved from Ireland to London.
thevelvetcell.com
