16.4.1

Fionnuala’s work focuses on the medium of digital photography using the process of time lapse, stop motion photography to document the beauty in everyday life over a period of time.

In 16.4.1 her solo project ‘Park life’ documents real everyday life in a park in Dublin. It is location and time specific, taken during the daytime, in autumn with a focus on the organic environment within the park. Process plays a vital role in the creation of each my sequences. She uses a tripod for consistency, with an automatic trigger release to ensure continuity in shot, time is not a factor as she let events unfold as they happen, uncontrolled. She stands back, waits, deliberately having people out of focus to enable her to freely document events without having to interfere with the scene by making the incidental people that walk through each scenes aware of her presence. The scene that unfolds is everyday life.