Twelve photographers
DONOVAN WYLIE
Born 1971, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Lives in London.
Donovan Wylie discovered photography at an early age. He left school when he was sixteen and it was then that he began to make mockups of photo books, using his own pictures. His first publication was 32 Counties, Photographs of Ireland (Secker and Warburg, 1989). In 1992, Donovan Wylie became a nominee member of Magnum Photos and, the same year, he followed and documented a group of itinerant young people in England, first dubbed “new age travellers” by Margaret Thatcher. The resulting book, Losing Ground, was published in 1996. He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1998 and began nurturing various personal projects that largely deal with his Northern Irish background.
© Donovan Wylie / Magnum Photos
Since the year 2000, he has completed several photography and film projects, which fundamentally look at post-conflict Northern Ireland and address themes such as religious identity, history, and territory. Donovan Wylie has cultivated a career in both photography and film, winning in 2001, a BAFTA Award for his Channel 4 film The Train.
In 2004 he published The Maze. In this project, dedicated to the famous prison in Northern Ireland, Donovan Wylie aimed to document the physical structure of the place and, also to give the viewer a sense of the psychological impact of being inside the Maze through the quantity and style of these photographs.
Currently, Donovan Wylie is working on a project about religious identity in Northern Ireland.
Films (selection):
The Train. Channel 4 and October Films, 2002. British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award, Best New Director Factual Film.
YoYo. Channel 4 and October Films, 2002.
Jesus Comes To London. Channel 4 and October Films, 2003.
Exhibitions (selection):
2001 Album, Stepping In, Stepping Out. (group show) Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Rencontres d’Arles Festival, France.
1998–1999 Losing Ground. National Museum of Film, Photography and Television, Bradford, UK; Galerie Fait and Cause, Paris, France; Post Fuhramt, Berlin, Germany; Photo Festival, The Netherlands; Robert Mann Gallery (group show), New York, USA; Barbican Centre (Magnum group show), London, UK.
2004–2005 The Maze, Belfast Exposed Photography, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK; The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK; Brighton Contemporary Art Centre, Brighton, UK; Red Cross Museum, Geneva, Switzerland; Festival PhotoEspana, Madrid, Spain.
Publications (selection):
Losing Ground. 4th Estate, London, 1998.
The Maze. Granta Books, London, 2004
Donovan Wylie discovered photography at an early age. He left school when he was sixteen and it was then that he began to make mockups of photo books, using his own pictures. His first publication was 32 Counties, Photographs of Ireland (Secker and Warburg, 1989). In 1992, Donovan Wylie became a nominee member of Magnum Photos and, the same year, he followed and documented a group of itinerant young people in England, first dubbed “new age travellers” by Margaret Thatcher. The resulting book, Losing Ground, was published in 1996. He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1998 and began nurturing various personal projects that largely deal with his Northern Irish background.
© Donovan Wylie / Magnum Photos
Since the year 2000, he has completed several photography and film projects, which fundamentally look at post-conflict Northern Ireland and address themes such as religious identity, history, and territory. Donovan Wylie has cultivated a career in both photography and film, winning in 2001, a BAFTA Award for his Channel 4 film The Train.
In 2004 he published The Maze. In this project, dedicated to the famous prison in Northern Ireland, Donovan Wylie aimed to document the physical structure of the place and, also to give the viewer a sense of the psychological impact of being inside the Maze through the quantity and style of these photographs.
Currently, Donovan Wylie is working on a project about religious identity in Northern Ireland.
Films (selection):
The Train. Channel 4 and October Films, 2002. British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award, Best New Director Factual Film.
YoYo. Channel 4 and October Films, 2002.
Jesus Comes To London. Channel 4 and October Films, 2003.
Exhibitions (selection):
2001 Album, Stepping In, Stepping Out. (group show) Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Rencontres d’Arles Festival, France.
1998–1999 Losing Ground. National Museum of Film, Photography and Television, Bradford, UK; Galerie Fait and Cause, Paris, France; Post Fuhramt, Berlin, Germany; Photo Festival, The Netherlands; Robert Mann Gallery (group show), New York, USA; Barbican Centre (Magnum group show), London, UK.
2004–2005 The Maze, Belfast Exposed Photography, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK; The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK; Brighton Contemporary Art Centre, Brighton, UK; Red Cross Museum, Geneva, Switzerland; Festival PhotoEspana, Madrid, Spain.
Publications (selection):
Losing Ground. 4th Estate, London, 1998.
The Maze. Granta Books, London, 2004