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These photographs act as a document primarily for the shop owners and their families as their place of work and secondly for those who feel a sense of sadness when they see another old shop close. There have been huge changes in Cork over the past ten years, entire buildings even streets have disappeared. These photographs capture some of the remaining businesses, which represent a type of trade and attitude towards community and consumerism completely at odds with new trends in Ireland today. As many of the shop owners have said `Change is inevitable, different generations have different demands’ but perhaps these photos will stand as a record of a way of life that will not survive but will be fondly remembered. Our communities will be all the poorer for their passing.

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'I can always bring to a son the photo of his father, to an old man the photo of when he was not so old. What counts is that the work exists.' Joseph Koudelka, Czech Photographer

"""'I can always bring to a son the photo of his father, to an old man the photo of when he was not so old. What counts is that the work exists.' Joseph Koudelka, Czech Photographer"""

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Clare Keogh was born in Cork in 1981. After a foundation year in Colaiste Stiofain Naofa she went on to study at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin where she was awarded student of the year. She went on to specialize in photography in Central Saint Johns College Cork. She spent a year studying photography in Finland and has also lived and worked in Argentina. She was awarded a Heritage Council Grant to make this book. She currently lives and works in Cork.

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