Wednesday, October 13, 2010

PHO20GRAPHY



Say Cheese: 1. Victoria Smurfit & Doug Baxter; 2. Claudine Keane; 3. Paul Kelly & Barry McCall. (Pix. Leon Farrell)

Well known snapper Barry McCall has published a stunning coffee table book called PHO20GRAPHY in aid of the ISPCC and the good, the bad and the beautiful came out for the launch at the Luxury Hall of Brown Thomas. Among the guests to toast the book were Amy Huberman, Miriam O’Callaghan, Michael Leong, Lisa Cannon, Victoria Smurfit and her husband Doug Baxter, Maria Fusco and Sonya Lennon.

The stylishly designed book showcases the past twenty years of Barry’s work behind the camera lens and will be sold exclusively in Brown Thomas and BT2 stores. The book retails at €80.00 with every euro from the proceeds being donated to the ISPCC, Ireland’s oldest children’s charity.

“This book is a selection of some of my favourite shots from the past twenty years as a photographer” said Barry “and I am thrilled that the images, which have been such a joy for me to capture, will now also be benefiting such a worthy charity”.

With over 350 pages and 300 images PHO20GRAPHY promises to be a book that people will truly treasure. For the book Barry has shot a large number of celebrity portraits around the world – from Liam Neeson in his family apartment in New York City to Snow Patrol in Red Square, from Colin Farrell on a hotel roof in LA to John Kavanagh on the Abbey theatre stage. In each and every shot he has captured the essence of the subject.

Colin Farrell said “I am honoured that one of my shots has been chosen to be on the cover and as I am an ISPCC ambassador it makes it all the more sweeter!”