Jason McCarthy’s personal ode to Drogheda, his hometown, encompasses everyday urban spaces, housing, streets, forgotten corners, dereliction, the post-industrial, and the edge lands where the urban gradually gives way to the rural and the ebb and flow of the majestic river Boyne.
McCarthy’s striking portraits are of the people who inhabit these places. All are looking directly at the camera and hence at the viewer, each person confident in their body language, presentation, and individuality.
Hometown speaks of rootedness, belonging, and connection. Of being shaped by a place and also being intrinsic to shaping it. McCarthy’s photographs are imbued with insight, quietness, and stillness that give a particular perspective on his hometown and encourage us to look more deeply at our own home places
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Curated by Droichead Visual Curator in Residence Dorothy Smith.
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