Eimear Lynch – Girls’ Night
Signing event & launch in Ireland
Join us for the official Irish launch of Eimear Lynch’s debut publication Girls’ Night.
Photo Museum Ireland Friday 31st May at 6.00pm
Admission free, all welcome
An instant classic Girls’ Night by Eimear Lynch is a powerful debut from this talented Irish photographer.
Excited to announce the Irish launch of 'Girls’ Night', the debut photobook by Irish photographer, Eimear Lynch at Photo Museum Ireland. Join us at 6.00pm on Friday 31 May 2024 in our specialist photography bookshop to celebrate the launch.
In 'Girls' Night'. Lynch offers us a captivating glimpse into the ritual of Irish girls getting ready to go to their local disco, from the rural community halls of County Antrim to the bustling streets of Dublin. With a focus on the concept of girlhood, Lynch's images beautifully capture the camaraderie and anticipation that define this transformative stage of adolescence.
This clothbound hardcover, featuring a tip-on image, measures 30 x 23cm and includes 128 pages of beautiful photographs. Limited to a first edition of just 500 copies, with foreword by Simone Rocha and writing by Gráinne McCullough, Marley Nolan, and Eimear Lynch.
‘For Girls’ Night, I travelled around Ireland to photograph teen discos, and to try and capture the anticipation of girls as they prepared for them. In a way, I wanted to relive my teenage years. I loved going to discos. I mostly loved the hours of getting ready with friends beforehand. It would take most of the day. We’d usually go straight to one of the girls’ houses after school on a Friday and spend the following 5-6 hours doing our tan, hair, and make-up together.’
Eimear Lynch Girls’ Night
Foreword by Simone Rocha
Writing by Gráinne McCullough, Marley Nolan & Eimear Lynch
Clothbound hardcover with tip-on image 30 x 23cm
128 pages
First edition of 500
Photograher Eimear Lynch, portrait by by Peter Doyle
‘Teenage bedrooms
Ironing your hair flat on the ironing board, taking turns to do your friends, To a backdrop of music videos on MTV on tiny TVs in bedrooms, Little small ones in red which you could put a video tape in, Outside lining up against the wall in the dark in the queue, Then waiting for your friend’s parents to pick you up behind the petrol station, The best nights of your life’
Simone Rocha
Copies of Girls’ Night are for sale in the Museum bookshop and the photographer will be available to sign copies from 6pm May 31st. Selling fast!