About Irish photographer, Donovan WYLIE (b. 1971, in Belfast)

Donovan WYLIE is a photographer and filmmaker based in his native Belfast. Exploring alternative strategies for the representation of conflict, he combines conceptual and typological approaches, and asks us to consider the role of photography within the contexts of preservation, memory and history. He is Professor of Photography at Ulster University, and his work is held in numerous public collections. 

Photo books by as well as with works by Donovan WYLIE (a selection)

  • 'Notes From Moscow' (1994); 'Ireland. Singular Images' (1995); 'Losing Ground' (1997); 'Magnum Ireland' (2005, 2020); 'British Watchtowers' (2007); 'Maze' (2009, 2003); 'Scrapbook' (2009); 'Outposts. Kandahar Province' (2011); 'The Tower Series' (2014); 'North Warning System' (2014); 'Candy / a Good and Spacious Land' (2017, with Jim GOLDBERG); 'Housing Plans for the Future' (2018); 'Lighthouse' (upcoming, 2021)

The out of print photo book 'Outposts. Kandahar Province' by Irish magnum photographer Donovan WYLIE shows color photographs of the Forward Operating Bases that were set up in the Afghan province of Kandahar to support the ISAF mission.
19,80 € * Weight 0.7 kg
The third volume in the series 'Conversations' by Remi Coignet also contains interviews with participants from the international photo scene on the role of the photo book in the work of photographers, designers & publishers, as well as their book design.
19,80 € * Weight 0.5 kg
For his 'Scrapbook' with own experiences when he grew up in Belfast as the son of a mixed marriage in the 1970s and 1980s, the Irish photographer Donovan WYLIE used scrapbooks from Northern Ireland from the late 1960s to early 1990s as an inspiration.
0,00 € *
Two slipcased pbs. (no dust jacket, as issued), 29,5 x 23,5 cm., 188 pp., color ills., text language: English
28,00 € * Weight 1.1 kg
HC with dust jacket, 29,5 x 23 x 1,5 cm., 72 pp., color ills., text language: English
68,00 € * Weight 0.8 kg
Donovan WYLIES 'Lighthouse' shows the afterglow of distant lighthouses to investigate tensions between identity & isolationism on the one hand and proximity & distance and to ask how the UK's isolation contributes to the understanding of national identity
40,00 € *
With the out-of-print book 'North Warning System', Donovan WYLIE concludes his 'The Tower Series'. Surveying a radar station in the Canadian Arctic, the photographer explores the detection of unseen threats by unmanned observation posts in remote regions.
0,00 € * Weight 0.6 kg