Fine Art Nature Photobooks
Beacons
by Daragh Muldowney
Lake Baikal in Siberia is the oldest and largest freshwater lake on the planet. In winter, temperatures drop as low as -40°C and the lake becomes a vast frozen plain. Crossing the lake can be a hazardous journey as the ice comes under huge pressure causing it to either break apart exposing the frigid water below or crush together creating large jagged hummocks. To help travellers across the ice, the locals mark out an ice road by drilling holes and ‘planting’ small pine trees that act as markers, ‘beacons’ guiding the way.
Beacons is the latest photobook and upcoming exhibition by Daragh Muldowney, which celebrates the small pine trees found along the ice roads of Lake Baikal.
Daragh Muldowney has recently been awarded First Place in the 2020 IPA Fine Art category for Beacons.
Out of Thin Air
by Daragh Muldowney
In June 2013 Irish photographer Daragh Muldowney set sail for Greenland on board the Killary Flyer.
The photography exhibition and the photobook ‘Out of Thin Air’ document this expedition, recording the beauty of the arctic landscape.
‘Out of Thin Air’ was the winner of the Landscape Category at the FEP European Photobook of the Year Award 2015
Jewellery Box
Ireland’s Hidden Gems
by Daragh Muldowney
‘Jewellery Box – Ireland’s Hidden Gems’ is a collection of sixty-three fine art nature photographs focusing on the elements of nature found in rock pools all around Ireland, revealing a world that so often goes unnoticed by the naked eye. Their distinctive inhabitants such as periwinkles, anemones, urchins and all types of seaweed have presented Daragh with a unique canvas to photograph.
All three books… Beacons (https://fundit.ie/project/
Many thanks to each and every funder who helped to bring them into reality.
