Transcendent Documents
The American photographer Walker Evans (1903-1975) first referred to photographs as 'transcendent documents.' Evans believed photographs could have recognizable content, resonance, and cultural meaning and still stand for or evoke a state of mind. Photographs that stir something in the photographers – this content, in this light, means something.
Transcendent Documents featured four Irish photographers working with images using a sense of place to evoke a particular state of mind. Cairde has invited photographers who have made bodies of work in the North-West and West, including Jill Quigley (Co. Donegal), Linda Brownlee (Co. Mayo), Kenneth O'Halloran (Co. Clare), and Yvette Monahan (Co. Sligo).
Transcendent Documents invited the viewer to consider place as a subjective experience that is visually engaging through the lens of Ireland's most thought-provoking photographers.
Photography Curator: Yvette Monahan
Cairde Sligo Arts Festival director: Tara McGowan
Production: Chan Kin
Printing: Ballast Sligo
The exhibition structures have been funded by County Sligo Leader Partnership and the exhibition is supported by the Rosses Point Development Association.
Festival Website: https://www.cairdefestival.com/2022/transcendent-documents