Eamonn Doyle (born 1969) is an Irish photographer, electronic music producer, DJ, and owner/manager of the D1 Recordings record label. He has produced a number of records of his own music. His self-published photo-books include the trilogy ''i'' (2014), ''ON'' (2015) and ''End'' (2016), set in Dublin where he lives. He founded and ran the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival from 2001 to 2009. Ian Maleney wrote in ''

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'' in 2015 that "D1 is considered one of the most important chapters in recent Irish music history".

Martin Parr Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in ...

declared ''i'' "the best street photobook in a decade".

Early life and education

Doyle was born in

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. He studied commercial photography in Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design (1988–1991).

Music

Doyle worked in the independent music business for 15 years. Around 1993 he and others set up a recording studio in the basement of the building he lived in at 147

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's north inner city. Some of that music was released on the Dead Elvis indie record label he co-founded and ran. Doyle became a DJ, then founded the techno record label

D1 Recordings D1 Recordings is an Irish independent techno record label founded in 1994 by Eamonn Doyle. It is named after the Dublin postcode in which it was located and has released music by artists from there and elsewhere. Ian Maleney wrote in ''The Irish ...

(named after the postcode it was located in) in 1994 which released music by artists from Dublin and elsewhere. D1 Recordings also ran a recording studio (d1), record shop and, eventually, a distribution company (Dublin Distribution) all in the same Parnell Street building. D1 also ran a weekly club night on Saturday nights for over a decade. The label resurfaced in 2018 in preparation for their 25th anniversary vinyl boxset release. Ian Maleney wrote in ''

'' in 2015 that "D1 is considered one of the most important chapters in recent Irish music history". Doyle also set up two subsidiary labels called D1aspora istributed via Submerge in Detroitand DublinLondon with UK electronic music producer

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. Doyle produces and releases his own music through D1 Recordings and various other labels on 12" records and for download. He also produces music with Scott Logan as Active Service Unit.

Dublin Electronic Arts Festival

Doyle founded the

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(DEAF) in 2001 which he ran until 2009. The annual festival would take place over the course of nearly a week with events in venues across the city. DEAF closed when both Arts Council funding and sponsorship money stopped due to the

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Photography

Doyle returned to photography in 2008, making street photographs of people on Parnell Street and

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. He produced a trilogy of self-published photo-books on Dublin that were well received. ''i'' (2014) was inspired by

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. Doyle's subjects were elderly working-class people photographed "from above, as if looming over them while they went about their daily business."

declared it "the best street photobook in a decade". In ''ON'' (2015) "the location remains the same – Parnell Street and O’Connell Street in Dublin – but, this time, the subjects are younger and more varied in terms of ethnicity. Whereas i evoked an almost timeless Dublin, On shows a markedly contemporary city, where people stride purposefully onward, intent on their destination rather than their journey." ''End'' (2016) concluded the trilogy. ''K'' (2018) was made at the western Atlantic edge of Ireland.

Publications

Photography books by Doyle

*''State Visit.'' Dublin: Self-published / D1, 2013. *''i.'' Dublin: Self-published / D1, 2014. Edition of 750 copies. *''ON.'' Dublin: Self-published / D1, 2015. . Edition of 999 copies (333 in each colour). *''End.'' Dublin: Self-published / D1, 2016. Photographs by Doyle, drawings by Niall Sweeney and ambient soundtrack by David Donohoe. . 13 sections and a 7" vinyl record, housed in a slipcase. Edition of 1000 copies. *''K.'' Dublin: Self-published / D1, 2018. Photographs by Doyle, music by David Donohoe. Includes a 10" vinyl record. Edition of 1000 copies. * ''Made In Dublin.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2019. Photographs by Doyle, text by Kevin Barry. * ''Eamonn Doyle.'' RM/Fundación Mapfre, 2020. Photographs by Doyle, text by Sweeney, David Donohoe, Bob Quinn, Lisa Godson. *''O.'' Self-published / D1, 2020. Edition of 250 copies. .

Other photography publications by Doyle

*''One.'' Self-published / D1, 2021. Edition of 300 copies. . *''Two.'' Self-published / D1, 2022. Edition of 300 copies. .

Photography books with contributions by Doyle

*''Moral Phobia: ein Zeitgeist-Glossar von Achtsamkeit bis Zigarette.'' Berlin: Gudberg Nerger, 2015. By Judith Mair and Bitten Stetter. . Includes Doyle's ''i'' series. *''Mono Vol 2.'' London: Goma, 2015. . Includes Doyle's ''ON'' series. *''CPHOTO - Street - Calle.'' Ivory Press, Spain. *''ARLES 2016 Les Recontres De La Photographie.'' France . *''100 Great Street Photographs.'' Prestel . *''The Grain of the Present.'' San Francisco:

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, 2018. . Edition of 1000 copies. *''Off The Wall - Cultures Photo 10.'' Paris. *''Prix Pictet 07: Space.'' London: teNeues, 2017. . *''Landskrona Foto: View Ireland. 2016.'' Sweden. .

Exhibition catalogues

*John McMahon, ''Eamonn Doyle: i,'' IRL — Landskrona Foto View: Ireland, Landskrona, Sweden, 2016 *''Eamonn Doyle: End.,'' Arles 2016, Les Rencontres de la Photographie, France, 2016 *''Eamonn Doyle: i and State Visit,'' The Grain of the Present, Pier 24 Gallery, USA, 2017 *''Eamonn Doyle: ON,'' Nuit de la Photo, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, 'The Collectors Vision: Martin Parr's, 2017 *''Best Photobooks — Eamonn Doyle, i,'' Photobook Phenomenon, RM, Spain, 2017

Discography

12" EPs

As Eamonn Doyle

*''Defect - D1 Recordings Vol. 1'' (D1 Recordings, 1997) *''Ghost of the Machine'' (Hertz, 2005) – edition of 300 copies *''Red Shift'' (D1 Recordings, 2006) *''Come Down on the Music'' (D1 Recordings, 2007) *''The Red Queen'' (Lunar Disco, 2018) *''Shelter E.P.'' (Piranha Records)

With Scott Logan as Active Service Unit

*''Favoured State'' / ''Variable,'' Active Service Unit (D1, 1997) *''Allegro'' by Scott Logan (Paradiddle, 2001) – includes ''Township Jive'' by Doyle and Scott Logan, and ''Allegro (D1 Mix)'' remixed by Doyle

With David Donohoe as String Machine

*''String Machine CD'' (Goethe Institute, 2012)

Under various pseudonyms

*''Archive One'' s The Seventh Earth Project(D1, 2010) *''Takin It Home" s D1- D1 25th Anniversary Compilation'' (D1, 2019) *''Get of my planet by sundown" s Seventh Earth Project- D1 25th Anniversary Compilation'' (D1, 2019) *''Mid-Term Break" s LDR-21- D1 25th Anniversary Compilation'' (D1, 2019) *''If I make it to the end" s H. Williams- D1 25th Anniversary Compilation'' (D1, 2019) *''Hi Frequency O" s Extremdura- D1 25th Anniversary Compilation'' (D1, 2019) *''Loomereclipse" nomae Elyod- D1 25th Anniversary Compilation'' (D1, 2019)

Photography exhibitions

2020

*Eamonn Doyle, La Fundación Municipal de Cultura, Gijón, Spain

2019

*Eamonn Doyle, Fundación Mapfre Madrid, Spain *Eamonn Doyle, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, UK *Eamonn Doyle, RHA Gallery Dublin, Ireland 2016 *Dublin: Trilogie, Centre Photographique, Pôle Image Haute-Normandie, France *Eamonn Doyle: End., with drawings by Niall Sweeney and music by David Donohoe. L’Espace van Gogh, Rencontres d’Arles, France *Eamonn Doyle: End., Michael Hoppen Gallery, London

2015

*Eamonn Doyle: ON, Photo Ireland — The Library Project, Ireland

2014

*Eamonn Doyle: i, street installation 014 – 2017 O’Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland *Eamonn Doyle: i, The Library Project, Dublin, Ireland *COLLABORATIVE

2019

*Made In Dublin, Eamonn Doyle, Niall Sweeney, David Donohoe, Kevin Barry. Fundación Mapfre Madrid, Spain *Made In Dublin, Eamonn Doyle, Niall Sweeney, David Donohoe, Kevin Barry. Photo London, Somerset House, London, UK *Made In Dublin, Eamonn Doyle, Niall Sweeney, David Donohoe, Kevin Barry. RHA Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2018

*Made In Dublin, Eamonn Doyle, Niall Sweeney, David Donohoe. ‘Where We Live’ festival, ThisIsPopBaby at The Complex, Dublin, Ireland *GROUP

2019

*AIPAD, Pier 94, New York, USA *Michael Hoppen Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris Photo, France

2017

*The Grain of the Present, Pier 24, San Francisco, USA

2016

*Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin, Ireland *Landskrona Foto View 2016, Sweden *Michael Hoppen Gallery, The Armory Show, New York, USA *Photo London, Somerset House, London, UK *Solas Ireland, Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria *Solas Ireland, The Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland

2015

*Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin, Ireland *Michael Hoppen Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris Photo, France

2014

*Michael Hoppen Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris Photo, France *So Fine Art group show, Dublin, Ireland *Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin, Ireland *New Works Award, Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland

2012

*Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2006

*Dublin Street Portraits, The Globe, Dublin, Ireland *untitled installation, DEAF, Storehouse, Dublin, Ireland

1991

*Iontas Small Works, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

Awards

*2015: Curtin O'Donoghue Photography Prize,

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, Dublin for "Westmoreland St, Dublin" *2015: Joint winner, Solas Ireland Award, '' Source'' and the

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, Dublin. The other winners were Ciarán Óg Arnold, Enda Bowe, Emer Gillespie, Shane Lynam, Dara McGrath and Yvette Monahan.

References

External links

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D1 Recordings website
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"Around Dublin with street photographer Eamonn Doyle – in pictures"
in ''The Guardian''
"Eamonn Doyle – O’Connell Street"
at the ''British Journal of Photography'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Eamonn 1969 births Living people Irish electronic musicians Musicians from County Dublin Artists from County Dublin Irish DJs 20th-century Irish photographers 21st-century Irish photographers 21st-century Irish musicians