Book review — Frank Browne: A Life through the Lens (David and Edwin DAVISON)

God can sanctify photography. With a poem by Pope Leo XIII, Colin Ford explains the basis for how Irish Jesuit Frank Browne acquired a camera from his bishop uncle, at the age of 17, and kept making images throughout his priestly life. Browne took his camera everywhere. His early trips to Europe were the apparent … Continue reading Book review — Frank Browne: A Life through the Lens (David and Edwin DAVISON)

Book review — Eyewitness (Brendan Murphy)

I always wanted this book, Eyewitness: Four Decades of Northern Life, by Brendan Murphy, but the original cover price of £30 was a little steep for me. Thankfully, the Bookshop at Queen's has it discounted to £8. I only had to wait 6 years. It is a brilliant book. Murphy's photographs may not be the … Continue reading Book review — Eyewitness (Brendan Murphy)