“Ulysses reveals what it is like to be a person – man, woman, woman-man, man-woman – inhabiting a sometimes unruly, but always mutable, body. The book deftly records all the sensual movements and machinations of mortals as they attempt to navigate their sliver of this planet. These same concerns resonate in Deirdre’s photographs.”

from the accompanying text by NUALA O’CONNOR

Taking Ulysses as a guide, Deirdre Brennan explores the changing face of Dublin over the last decade, capturing the rich tapestry of the city and its inhabitants in a series of striking photographs. The social, cultural, political and personal are intertwined in these images of a city again in transition.

DEIRDRE BRENNAN

Deirdre Brennan holds a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art Sculpture from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. Her work has been published internationally in titles such as The New York Times, Time, The Guardian, American Photography, The Sunday Times, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones and Le Monde. Her photographs have been exhibited at Paris Photo, Moscow International Foto Awards and Tokyo International Foto Awards. Following Ulysses was exhibited in February 2022 at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses.

NUALA O’CONNOR

Nuala O’Connor is a novalist, short story writer and poet, and lives in County Galway with her family. She is the author of five novels including Nora, about Nora Barnacle, wife and muse to James Joyce. Her short fiction has won many prizes including the Francis MacManus Award, the James Joyce Quarterly Fiction Contest and the UK’s Short Fiction Journal Prize. Nuala is editor at flash e-zine Splonk.