Cork photographer in the frame for top prize

David Creedon has been nominated for the Hennessy Portrait Prize for his picture of Billy Ramsell. It’s the latest addition to his hugely impressive body of work, writes Marjorie Brennan.

Cork photographer in the frame for top prize David Creedon’s work straddles photography, art, social documentary and history.

One particular reviewer assigned the Cork-born photographer the slightly unwieldy handle of ‘conceptual documentary photographic artist’. Given the way he approaches his subject matter, it would perhaps be easier to describe him as a storyteller.