Duffy, Mark - Vote No.1

"The Irish landscape was littered with electoral campaign advertising during the recent European, local and national by-elections. 'Vote No. 1' documents this and examines the culture of election advertising in Ireland. The series focuses on the accidental, and often gruesome, disfigurements the electoral candidates' faces suffer - an unintended consequence of their posters' erection. - This series has recently won the Vienna PhotoBook Award and been nominated for the Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles 2015." (M.D.)

Special collector's edition of 100 copies, covers are unique as they are handmade by the artist using original, recycled corriboard election posters, signed and numbered.

"These images reflect the Irish electorate’s increasing disillusionment with the political process after years of harshening austerity politics." (publisher's note)