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Aisling Trip to Rosslare, Ireland

Photograph
ca. 2000 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Aisling Trip to Rosslare'

Deirdre O'Callaghan's Hide that Can series is the culmination of four years of spending time and photographing in Arlington House in North London. This hostel is home to mainly Irish men in their fifties and sixties who came to London as young adults to earn money as manual labourers. O'Callaghan moved to London in the early 1990s, in search of work, as did many young Irish men and women, and her initial affinity with the residents of Arlington house came from their shared economic migration. But it was equally her differences from the men - her age, her gender and, of course, her choice to enter the lives of Arlington House - that became the keys to this documentary project. Taking these photographs created a routine from which the communication between O'Callaghan and the men was created.

'Aisling Trip to Rosslare' is a portrait of an Arlington House resident taken on a holiday to Ireland. This trip was arranged as part of the 'Aisling, return to Ireland' project, a charity set up by workers in the London Irish Centre and Arlington House to organise annual trips back to Ireland for long-term Irish Migrants in Britain.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Aisling Trip to Rosslare, Ireland (assigned by artist)
  • Hide That Can (series title)
Materials and techniques
C-Type print
Brief description
'Aisling Trip to Rosslare, Ireland', C-type photograph of a man sitting behind a rock, by Deirdre O'Callaghan, Ireland, ca. 2000
Physical description
Portrait of a man sitting behind a rock, laughing/smiling
Dimensions
  • Print height: 340mm
  • Print width: 420mm
Gallery label
Deirdre O’Callaghan’s Hide the Can series is the culmination of four years of spending time and photographing in Arlington House in North London. This hostel is home to mainly Irish men in their fifties and sixties who came to London as young adults to earn money as manual labourers. Deirdre O’Callaghan moved to London in the early 1990s, as did many young Irish men and women, in search of work and her initial affinity with the residents of Arlington house came from their shared economic migration. But it was equally her differences from the men – her age, her gender and, of course, her choice to enter the lives of Arlington House - that became the keys to this documentary project. Taking these photographs created a routine from which the communication between O’Callaghan and the men was created. Her role in providing the time and the excuse for the men to reflect on their lives was confirmed when she was invited to document their holidays to Ireland arranged by the House. Hide the Can is a traditional version of humanist documentary photography, one in which O’Callaghan attempts to give a dignity to the men of Arlington House and show her empathy for a forgotten generation of migrant workers.
Credit line
Given by the photographer
Summary
'Aisling Trip to Rosslare'

Deirdre O'Callaghan's Hide that Can series is the culmination of four years of spending time and photographing in Arlington House in North London. This hostel is home to mainly Irish men in their fifties and sixties who came to London as young adults to earn money as manual labourers. O'Callaghan moved to London in the early 1990s, in search of work, as did many young Irish men and women, and her initial affinity with the residents of Arlington house came from their shared economic migration. But it was equally her differences from the men - her age, her gender and, of course, her choice to enter the lives of Arlington House - that became the keys to this documentary project. Taking these photographs created a routine from which the communication between O'Callaghan and the men was created.

'Aisling Trip to Rosslare' is a portrait of an Arlington House resident taken on a holiday to Ireland. This trip was arranged as part of the 'Aisling, return to Ireland' project, a charity set up by workers in the London Irish Centre and Arlington House to organise annual trips back to Ireland for long-term Irish Migrants in Britain.
Bibliographic reference
O'Callaghan, Deirdre. Hide that can: a photographic diary: the men of Arlington House, 2002
Collection
Accession number
E.3078-2004

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