The 50 Francis Street Photographer

2017 | Art, Photography & Fashion

From the 1950s to the 1990s, John Walsh ran his photography business out of a small shop on 50 Francis Street in inner city Dublin. For over forty years, he collected thousands of photos on all aspects of Dublin life - funerals, communions, weddings, christening, concerts, and events. Here in this collection, for the first time ever, the images are brought together with the words of his granddaughter Suzanne Behan to give us a unique and nostalgic look of a changing city. From the times when skirts where getting shorter and hair was getting bigger, to religious processions and Dublin traditions, to when women drank in the snug and the 'good suit' came in and out of the pawn shop when needed, the 50 Francis Street Photographer is a fascinating social history and celebration of the people and places in his photographs.

Suzanne Behan (Author)