Recent Acquisitions: Select Photographic Works

Chambers Building - On Site Exhibition

  • Alen MacWeeney (Irish, b. 1939) x

Irish photographer and filmmaker. MacWeeney studied in Paris, beginning his career at age 20. His photographs generally depict interiors, countrysides, portraits, and inner lives that convey a wide array of emotions which range from humorous to dramatic. He utilizes simplistic portraiture, paired with a skilled sense of composition and use of light. He directed a full-length documentary called Traveller (2001).

Looking in the Water, Except One, Dublin by Alen MacWeeney
  • Alen MacWeeney
  • Looking in the Water, Except One, Dublin, 1963
13 x 19 in
(33.02 x 48.26 cm)
Archival pigment print
Street Vendors of Vegetables, Dublin by Alen MacWeeney
  • Alen MacWeeney
  • Street Vendors of Vegetables, Dublin, 1963
13 x 19 in
(33.02 x 48.26 cm)
Archival pigment print
Two Curious Boys, a Cabbage, and a Pram by Alen MacWeeney
  • Alen MacWeeney
  • Two Curious Boys, a Cabbage, and a Pram, 1963
13 x 19 in
(33.02 x 48.26 cm)
Archival pigement print