EXHIBITION
 To Love Two Countries:
Ireland's Greatest Generation in America
Photographs by John Minihan
Through December 2008
Commissioned and presented by the Irish Arts Center and the Consulate of Ireland
Presented in association with the Aisling Irish Community Center,
Society of Commodore John Barry USN Irish Center,
Irish American Cultural Institute,
Irish American Society of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens
John Minihan’s photographs of such luminaries as Samuel
Beckett, Edna O’Brien, Gloria Swanson, Ray Charles, Al
Pacino, and Diana Spencer have established him as one of
the finest portrait photographers of his generation.
The subjects in To Love Two Countries are real people –
untouched by “celebrity” – who emigrated from Ireland to
America in the early decades of the twentieth century.
They stand at the end of a line receding into 400 years of
Irish history. Photographed over two weeks this spring in
New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Minihan visited
his subjects in their homes, in their church, and in their
local Irish centers.
“The generation of Irish women and men represented in these photos
are owed a debt of gratitude that
can never be fully repaid.”
Taoiseach Brian Cowen,
Prime Minister of Ireland |
John Minihan’s portraits of Samuel Beckett have become a
part of the way we remember Beckett. The portraits in this
exhibition will help define how we remember this – our
greatest generation.
"John Minihan’s famous pictures of the famous — Samuel Beckett, Edna
O’Brien, Gloria Swanson, Ray Charles, Al Pacino, Diana Spencer, the list is
endless — have established him as one of the finest portrait photographers of his generation. These American photographs, taken in the course of two weeks in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia, are concerned with real people untouched by 'celebrity.'"
--from Derek Mahon’s forward to the companion book To Love Two Countries: Ireland’s Greatest Generation in America, published in July 2008 by the Irish Arts Center.
Become a member of the
Irish Arts Center at the
Sponsor level today and
receive a commemorative
book of photographs
from John Minihan’s
exhibition. Click here or
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To Love Two Countries was developed with generous support from the Department of
Foreign Affairs, Ireland, and Ambassador Niall Burgess,
Consul General of Ireland.
 Irish Arts Center, Boston College
Honorary Chair Liam Neeson and Curator James J. Houlihan
proudly present
FIGHTING IRISHMEN:
Celebrating Celtic Prizefighters 1820-Present
Following a hugely successful run at the Irish Arts Center and the South Street Seaport Museum, this eclectic collection of boxing photography and artifacts will once again open to the public in March 2008 at Boston College.
Click here for more information.
Click here for articles about Fighting Irishmen | Click here for photos
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