Afterimage
Photography in the Digital Age
11 September — 14 November 2026
The Dock, in partnership with Photo Museum Ireland, presents the second instalment of Post-Photography: Artists in Conversation, a series of virtual panel discussions accompanying the exhibition Afterimage: Photography in the Digital Age. This discussion brings together exhibiting artists Alan Phelan and Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in dialogue with curator Darren Campion.
Each session of this series explores how contemporary practices are reshaping what photography is and can be in an increasingly networked, image-saturated world. From archival interventions to digital montage and expanded image-making, these conversations reflect on the diverse ways images are now produced, circulated, and understood. Through discussion of the artists’ work, the series considers how meaning, context, and authorship are shifting, and explores what these changes reveal about photography today.
The Exhibition
Afterimage: Photography in the Digital Age brings together a selection of cutting-edge work by Irish and international artists exploring the material and conceptual transformations that have profoundly altered our sense of what a photograph is and can be. The artists are: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Alan Butler, Luke van Gelderen, Gregory Eddi Jones, Maria Mavropoulou, Alan Phelan, Michael Schäfer, and Linn Phyllis Seeger.
Afterimage: Photography in the Digital Age is a Photo Museum Ireland National Tour, curated by Darren Campion, presented in partnership with The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, and Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, supported by an Arts Council Touring Award. With thanks to Green on Red Gallery, Molesworth Gallery, and Kerlin Gallery for facilitating loans to the exhibition.
Afterimage: Photography in the Digital Age is open until 14 November. The galleries are open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm, and admission is free.
