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Joyriders-Photos by Ross McDonnell

July 15, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Art Reviews, Featured

In this series of photos entitled “Joyriders” Ross McDonnell, portrays the lives of young Irish people living in in the hollowed-out slum known as Ballymun. The images capture the abandonment of working class youths amidst burning cars, police sirens, and drugs abuse.

Ross McDonnell is a photographer and filmmaker. Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1979 he has worked as a photographer, cinematographer and director. His work has been published in The New York Times, Art in America, The Observer, The Washington Post, The Irish Times and Fader magazine among others.

> rossmcdonnell.com

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