Instagram Takeover: Megan Doherty

Photographer, Megan Doherty takes over our Instagram account May, 2019.

Megan Doherty is a 26 year old photographer hailing from Northern Ireland. Since graduating University of Ulster, Belfast in 2016, Doherty’s exhibited both locally and internationally and continues to build upon her current body of work, embodying ideas of youth, subculture, freedom and escape.

 

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Hi everyone, this is @megandoherty.photo taking over this week. This image is titled “Girls” and was taken in a hotel bathroom after eventually finding a place to take shelter from the rain. #photoworks_uk #megandoherty #igtakeover #photography #35mm

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Hi everyone, this is @megandoherty.photo and I’ll be sharing some of my work this week. This image is another from “Stoned in Melanchol” and was one of the final images that I shot in the series. It was photographed moving through a busy bar in late summer. I had never lived away from Derry at the time and would move away only a few weeks after taking this image. It’s still one of my personal favourites from this particular series. #photoworks_uk #megandoherty #instagramtakeover #IGtakeover #photography #120film

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Doherty creates a darkly cinematic atmosphere to reflect the need for escapism within small-town life. In her native Derry, the Magnum Graduate Award 2016 shortlister creates a fictional, highly textured and colourful world in which recurring characters are played by friends. In her work, the scenarios are a combination of composed and documented, depicting the vibrant culture of young adulthood from a distinctly more female perspective.

 

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Hi everyone, this is @megandoherty.photo and this week I’ll be sharing images from my series “Stoned in Melanchol” as well as some recent work. Over the last few years I’ve been building a body of work centered around the idea of escapism. I photographed my friends in my hometown in attempts to create something beyond the monotony of small-town life. This series is essentially an exploration of youth and feedom, isolation and intimacy, and the search for beauty in mundane. #photoworks_uk #megandoherty #instagramtakeover #IGtakeover #photography #35mm

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Hi everyone, this is @megandoherty.photo taking over this week. This is another image taken as part of “Stoned in Melanchol”. This series was published as a Rizla pack style book by @setantabooks in November 2018. The limited edition book was printed with 3 separate covers and can be purchased via setantabooks.com. #photoworks_uk #megandoherty #instagramtakeover #IGtakeover #photography #35mm #photobook

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For more Megan’s work, visit her website here.