Momentum Gallery Miami, with the support of Culture Ireland and the Consulate General of Ireland in Miami, presents Talamh an exhibition of contemporary photography by Dublin-based Island Photographers.
Following the group’s recent exhibition Archipelago at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Talamh –brings together photography by Conor Horgan, Shane Lynam, Fionn McCann, Malcolm McGettigan, Yvette Monahan, Brían Sparks, and Agata Stoinska. For this exhibition, Island Photographers have invited Linda Brownlee to exhibit alongside the group. (Kate Nolan is a member of Island Photographers but is not exhibiting in this show.)
About the Exhibition
Talamh – Translated from the Gaelic word for land, explores Ireland as a country shaped by tensions: between extraction and restoration, the inner and outer landscape, deep time and the present moment. What emerges is a portrait of a place both familiar and newly revealed—rooted in history yet continually reshaped by change.
The works trace the fine line between myth and lived experience, revealing how both continue to inform the Irish gaze. Ireland is presented not as a fixed idea, but as a living, shifting territory formed by culture, politics, and the people who move through it. Human activity has transformed the land—extracting stone and earth, and reworking them into the houses, roads, and infrastructure of contemporary life.
The exhibition asks: how does this evolving landscape hold memory, human presence, culture, and ideas of nationhood?
The result is an Ireland where everyday life is constructed—literally and culturally—from the materials of deep time. The photographs probe the psychogeography of place, offering alternative ways of seeing and understanding land.
Talamh presents Ireland as a landscape that is not only visible, but embodied—caught between myth and modernity.
Island Photographers Group
Island Photographers is an artist-led group dedicated to raising awareness, understanding, and engagement with contemporary photography in Ireland. Through workshops, talks, education, exhibitions, and the sale of works, the group aims to strengthen photography’s pivotal role within Irish visual culture.
Since January 2023, Island Photographers has organized regular talks on contemporary photographic practice in Ireland. These events provide a platform for artists to share their work, receive critical peer feedback, and contribute to broader discussions around photography with fellow practitioners and art professionals.
Members:
Conor Horgan, Shane Lynam, Fionn McCann, Malcolm McGettigan, Yvette Monahan, Kate Nolan, Brían Sparks, and Agata Stoinska. For An Talamh – Land, the group invited Linda Brownlee to exhibit alongside them.
www.islandphotographersgroup.com