AUGUST 2003 – Two statues of the Famine Memorial by Rowan Gillespie in Dublin, Ireland. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Dublin has changed a lot over the past 30 years. Many companies from the financial services sector have opened offices in the Republic of Ireland, especially in Dublin. In the eastern section of city, the government had created the IFSC site, an urban regeneration area and special economic zone located on the grounds of the former state-owned port authority.
Next to the IFSC, the Famine Memorial sculpture by Rowan Gillespie has been erected. It was unveiled in 1997 in memory of the Great Famine that had struck in Ireland from 1845 to 1849.
When we visited Dublin in 2003, our hotel was located near the IFSC, and we passed the sculpture quite often. Each time, I was deeply impressed and took several photos. One rainy morning I found the grey and dull daylight a good match to support the facial expressions of the two people depicted. The office building in the back was dwarfed by them but it remained in the center of the image. Almost like a monster that waits for its next opportunity for an attack. (Okay, I get carried away here.) For this scan, I left the frame of the negative in place, which shows the hopeless confinement of the people.
Yes, this sculpture is fantastic and thought-provoking – a true work of art.
I hope my image inspires you to visit it in the future.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | August 2003 |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Image Source | 35 mm color negative |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 7232 x 5119 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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