Description
Join award-winning photojournalist Seamus Murphy for an intimate artist-led tour of his powerful photographic exhibition, Smoke and Mirrors.
Murphy will guide visitors through this compelling visual journey, offering unique insight into his creative process and the stories behind the images. Centred on the West Bank city of Nablus, the exhibition presents photographs captured during the second intifada while working on the Oscar-nominated Paradise Now in 2004, and new work taken in Spring 2025.
Explore how cinematic scenes mirrored real-life tensions and witness how the lived experiences of the Palestinian people are woven through past and present. Murphy’s personal reflections will deepen your understanding of this poignant photo essay and the enduring strength of its subjects.
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage directly with the artist and discover the layers of meaning behind Smoke and Mirrors.
About the Artist
Seamus Murphy
Seamus Murphy is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Regardless of medium or subject, he strives in his work for intimacy and a poetic realism. As a photographer he has won seven World Press Photo awards, two for portraits, for his work in Afghanistan, Gaza, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Peru, UK and Ireland. He undertakes long-term documentary projects and has been published and exhibited widely. He is in the collections of The Getty Museum, Imperial War Museum and FRAC, Auvergne, France.
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