Buí
June 1st to June 30th
Buí is an exhibition by photographer Doreen Kilfeather in collaboration with stylist Aisling Farinella, showing at the Sarah Walker Gallery from June 1st -30, 2024.
A collection of photographs, featuring the photographer’s daughter Elsa Murray and fashion by Simone Rocha, were shot on location at Bothar Buí, West Cork. Themes of retreat, domesticity, women and nature are woven through the images which were created in winter and summer seasons 2020/21. The images for exhibition were shot on medium format film and printed on a range of Hahnemühle fine art paper and Japanese Awagami papers. Limited editions of a selection of prints are available.
About Doreen_
Doreen Kilfeather is a Dublin-based photographer specialising in portraiture and fashion photography. A deep understanding of light and shadow, and a sense of intimacy and connection define her work. Her personal projects focus on her family and friends and their children. She returns to these communities of friends each year to document the feeling of being a child, an adolescent, a young adult, in portraits that capture both the person and a sense of the place they occupy.
Her work has been featured in publications such as Irish Tatler, Image, Cara, The Gloss, Boys by Girls and Faire magazine.
@dkilfeather
About Aisling_
Aisling Farinella is a stylist, creative director and consultant working across fashion and cultural platforms. A sought after stylist, her work is featured in prominent Irish and international publications, working closely with leading Irish artistic talents, designers and clients. Her individual styling aesthetic is conveyed through a naturalistic approach and a love for elevating portraiture through fashion. Aisling is Consulting Fashion Editor at Irish Tatler, a Board Director of the IDI and course lead for the CFA
NCAD Professional Diploma in Fashion Communication. Her personal projects include a role as co-creative director and editor of Thread magazine (2011 - 2018), which positioned a new era of Irish fashion industry talent on an international platform.
@aisfarinella/ aislingfarinella.com
About Bothar Buí_
Bothar Buí is located on a secluded hillside on the Beara peninsula. Designed by renowned Irish architect Robin Walker, this modernist assemblage of farm buildings and contemporary structures works has been a retreat for artists, writers, poets, musicians, families and friends since the early 1970s.
@botharbuihouse
Gloss Magazine Article - https://thegloss.ie/this-beautiful-new-exhibition-celebrates-west-cork-and-simone-rocha/
