Famous Irish photographer John Minihan will talk about the role of photography in Irish writers’ lives during his discussion in Ha Noi tonight, December 4.

Photographer John Minihan.

In between documenting Athy on visits home, Minihan continued his career on Fleet Street, which included the iconic snap of a 19-year-old Lady Diana Spencer in the garden of the nursery she worked at, the morning sun to her back, her legs in silhouette through her skirt.

Over the years, Minihan developed a close relationship with many writers and his photographs of Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett show a particular affinity between the two men. His friendship with Beckett produced some of the most remarkable photographs ever taken of the writer. And the series of photographs he took of Beckett in London and Paris have arguably made John his reputation.

Among his numerous photographic publications are Photographs: Samuel Beckett (1995); Shadows from the Pale, Portrait of an Irish Town (1996) and An Unweaving of Rainbows, Images of Irish Writers (1996).

He is currently a freelance photographer specialising in “the arts”.

To open the discussion, Minihan will talk about the movie The Man Who Shot Beckett, which is a production by David Bickley of the Irish national television and radio broadcaster RTE One. The movie explores the personal and professional relationship of the photographer and Beckett.

The talk will start at 7.30pm at the Ha Noi Cinematheque, 22A Hai Ba Trung Street.

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