Cover
We Make The Path By Walking
Paul Gaffney
Self-Published
English
Text by Antonio Machado.
Softcover
78 pages
210 x 160 mm
2013
ISBN 9780992600402
In the years before this publication, Gaffney walked over 3,500 kilometres with the aim of creating a body of work which explores the idea of walking as a form of meditation. His intention has been to create a series of quiet, meditative images, which would evoke the experience of being immersed in nature and capture the essence of the journey. The images seek to engage the viewer in this walk, and to communicate a sense of the subtle internal and psychological changes which one may undergo while negotiating the landscape. 1
About the Artist
Paul Gaffney holds an MFA in Photography from Ulster University and his practice-led PhD research explores different ways of experiencing and representing the landscape, and how the act of image making can both enable and disrupt a sense of flow and connection with our environment.
His work has received a number of awards including the Arts Council’s `Next Generation Award’ and Visual Arts Bursaries, the FSAS Digital Media Award, and a Strategic Projects Award from Wicklow Arts Office.
Gaffney’s books have been nominated for the Photobook Award at the International Photobook Festival Kassel (2013 & 2016) and shortlisted for the European Publishers Award for Photography, and he has exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions in the US, UK, the Netherlands, South Africa, Ireland, Italy, France, Spain, Australia and China.
External links & References
- “Paul Gaffney” Global Archive Photography https://globalarchivephotography.com/project/paulgaffney/#:~:text=During%202012%20Paul%20Gaffney%20walked,of%20meditation%20and%20personal%20transformation.
