Photographing these tragic yet visually marvelous scenes of post-Celtic Tiger Ireland ‘through the looking glass’, made photographer Sean Hillen reminisce about the ‘famine evictions’ of yore, and wonder at how history can repeat itself. Here, Hillen chats about his eerie and insightful exhibition “Ghost Shops”  with Deirdre Mulrooney:

Catch the final week of this poetic and somewhat disorienting exhibition before it ends at 5pm this Sunday! To get there, climb the stairs to the summit of “Base Camp”, on Middle Abbey Street (opposite Epicurean Food Hall, beside Arnotts), and behold the vertiginous view. (With sugar levels in mind, sweets & chocolate await you at the top). A hidden gem of an exhibition, in an exciting new space, we are sure you will agree. And thought-provoking too.

For more info, visit www.photoireland.org.

By Deirdre Mulrooney