Alwyn Jennings' Streets of Cork homage to passing strangers

CORK’S most popular street photographer, Alwyn Jennings, launches his first exhibition next week. The Streets of Cork, at Cork City Hall, will feature 20 framed and signed, black-and-white portraits, and is in aid of the Cork University Hospital (CUH) Children’s Charity (the CUH children’s unit is undergoing a €1.5m refurbishment).

The photographs are vignettes of people walking through Cork City streets on weekend mornings. There’s a butcher in his stripy apron making a delivery; a close-up of the lined face of a handsome, elderly gentleman; a smiling girl with face piercings; and two fishermen enjoying an ice-cream break on the banks of the River Lee.

Established earlier this year by Jennings, ‘The Streets of Cork’ Facebook project quickly gained momentum, receiving up to 1,000 hits per day.