Elaine Adams

Candid, 2026

Photograph 

‘This photograph is of my friend, the painter David McDermott, and was taken during a visit to his then studio in Blessington, County Wicklow. Incidental and quotidian moments often show the private face of the painter, capturing truth, honesty and artistic process. Spontaneity and intuition are of great importance to my photographic practice, which explores trust, friendship and access: what a sitter chooses to reveal, what is withheld, and what the photographer is permitted to see.’

Nádúrtha, 2026

Grianghraf 

‘Is grianghraf de chara liom, an péintéir David McDermott, é seo a ghlacadh nuair a bhí mé ar cuairt air sa stiúideo a bhí aige an t-am sin i mBaile Coimín, Contae Chill Mhantáin. Go minic, is i rith nóiméad fánach agus laethúil a fheictear aghaidh phríobháideach an ealaíontóra; fírinne, ionracas agus próiseas ealaíne. Tá tábhacht ar leith ag baint le nádúrthacht agus le hiomas i mo chleachtas grianghrafadóireachta, a scrúdaíonn muinín, cairdeas agus rochtain: an méid a chinneann suiteoir a roinnt, a cheilt agus an méid a cheadaítear don ghrianghrafadóir a fheiceáil.’

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