Rodney Tuach (born 1945) is an Irish photographer. He is a member of

Aosdána Aosdána ( , ; from , 'people of the arts') is an Irish association of artists. It was created in 1981 on the initiative of a group of writers with support from the country's Arts Council. Membership, which is by invitation from current member ...

, an association of Irish artists.

Early life

Tuach was born in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

in 1945. He became interested in photography when working in a film processing laboratory, having earlier worked in advertising.

Career

Tuach has worked as a freelance photographer for books, magazines and films. He has worked as a theatre photographer and

still photographer A unit still photographer, or simply a still photographer, is a person who creates film stills, still photographic images specifically intended for use in the marketing and publicity of feature films in the motion picture industry and network tele ...

. He distinguished between his commercial work and his creative work, "a very personal way of reacting to what goes on about me. It is a translation of the joy and sorrow of what I see. ��It is a fusion of inner feeling and an exterior event, and it is a way of freeing oneself." Tuach was among the first inductees to

in 1983. In 1998 he added a self-portrait to

The National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland The National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland is a collection of more than 400 self-portraits of Irish artists which is housed in the Kneafsey Gallery at the University of Limerick. The origins of the collection can be found in the purchase of ...

. In 2001, he was one of the first photographers to be invited to exhibit his work at the

Royal Hibernian Academy The Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) is an artist-based and artist-oriented institution in Ireland, founded in Dublin in 1823. Like many other Irish institutions, such as the RIA, the academy retained the word "Royal" after most of Ireland became in ...

's annual show. In 2003 his short digital film ''In Lourdes'', was shown at the

Galway Film Fleadh The Galway Film Fleadh (; Irish for "festival") is an international film festival founded in 1989 as part of the Galway Arts Festival. Describing itself as Ireland’s leading film festival, the event is held every July in Galway city in Irela ...

Personal life

Tuach lives in

Ashford, County Wicklow Ashford (), historically known as ''Ballymacahara'' (), is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies on the River Vartry and at the meeting of the R772, R763 and R764 regional roads. The village was formerly on the main Dublin–Wexfo ...

. He was married to Roberta Reeners, an American publishing consultant and journalist, until her death in 2021.

Films

*''In Lourdes'' (2003) – short

References

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