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'''Enda Bowe''' is an Irish photographer that lives and works in London.<ref name="it-dunne-2016">{{cite news|accessdate=2018-10-17|title=Once upon a time in the Irish midlands|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/once-upon-a-time-in-the-irish-midlands-1.2603534|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> His publications include ''Kilburn Cherry'' (2013) and ''At Mirrored River'' (2016). Bowe was joint winner of the [[SOLAS (Ireland)|SOLAS]] Ireland award in 2015 and won second prize in the 2018 and 2019 [[British Photographic Portrait Prize|Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize]]. He has had solo exhibitions in Carlow and in Dublin.
==Work==
''Kilburn Cherry'' is a collection of photographs of [[cherry blossom]]s in [[Kilburn, London|Kilburn]], London,<ref name="it-dunne-2016"/> traditionally the home of the [[Irish diaspora]].<ref name="another">{{cite news|last1=AnOther|accessdate=2018-10-25|title=The Cherry Blossom in Kilburn|url=http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3272/the-cherry-blossom-in-kilburn|newspaper=[[Another Magazine]]|date=3 January 2014}}</ref> The work was inspired by Japanese [[renku]] poetry.<ref name="another"/> Bowe has said the "bold appearance of the cherry blossom seemed to play with ideas of hopefulness and revival".<ref name="another"/>
''At Mirrored River'' was made over four years in an unspecified Irish midlands town.<ref name="it-dunne-2016"/><ref name="it-dunne-2018">{{cite news|accessdate=2018-10-17|title=Art in Focus: Enda Bowe – At Mirrored River|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/art-in-focus-enda-bowe-at-mirrored-river-1.3552599|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> It contains portraits of young people at a point of transition to adulthood, depicted in their home setting of housing estates, supermarkets and social functions, juxtaposed with images of the town and its surrounding landscape.<ref name="it-dunne-2016"/><ref name="it-dunne-2018"/>
==Publications==
===Publications by Bowe===
*''Kilburn Cherry.'' Includes a poem by [[Don Paterson]] ("Renku: My Last Thirty-Five Deaths").
**First edition. London: Jane & Jeremy, 2013. Edition of 100 copies.
**Second edition. London: Jane & Jeremy, 2016. Edition of 100 copies.
*''At Mirrored River.'' Blue Swallow, 2016. {{ISBN|978-3902993304}}. Includes a poem by [[John Glenday]] ("The River") and a short story by [[Lucy Caldwell]] ("Days"). Edition of 800 copies.
*''This Thing I Want. I Know Not What.'' Paper Tiger, 2018.
===Zines by Bowe===
*''Me and My Friends.'' Issue 4. Nicole Bachmann.
==Awards==
*2015: One of 7 joint winners, [[SOLAS (Ireland)|SOLAS]] Ireland award, ''[[Source (photography magazine)|Source]]'' and [[Gallery of Photography]], for ''At Mirrored River.'' The other winners were Ciarán Óg Arnold, [[Eamonn Doyle]], Emer Gillespie, Shane Lynam, Dara McGrath and Yvette Monahan.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Stephen|last1=Hull|accessdate=2018-10-18|title=Solas Prize Winners|url=http://source.ie/sourcephoto/?p=2858|website=source.ie}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-10-18|title=Solas Awards Exhibition  2/12/15 – 10/01/16 – Gallery of Photography|url=http://www.galleryofphotography.ie/solas-awards-exhibition-2122015-10012016/|newspaper=Gallery of Photography|date=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-10-26|title=An exciting moment for Irish art photography|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/an-exciting-moment-for-irish-art-photography-1.2461645|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref>
*2018: Second prize, [[British Photographic Portrait Prize|Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize]], [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]], London for "Cybil McAddy with daughter Lulu"<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-10-17|title=Drum majorettes series scoops major portrait prize|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/drum-majorettes-series-scoops-major-portrait-prize-37427952.html|newspaper=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-10-18|title=Drum majorette portraits win photo prize|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45881857|newspaper=BBC News|date=16 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="guardian-2018">{{cite news|accessdate=2018-10-18|title=Winner of the 2018 Taylor Wessing photographic portrait prize announced – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/oct/16/taylor-wessing-photographic-portrait-prize-winner-announced|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 October 2018|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*2019: Second prize, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London for "Neil", a portrait from a series exploring youth culture on either side of the Belfast peace lines<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-12-05|title=Photographer wins portrait prize with snap of his mother|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/photographer-wins-portrait-prize-with-snap-of-his-mother-38665095.html|website=Independent.ie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-12-05|title=Pat Martin wins Taylor Wessing prize for intimate portraits of his late mother|url=https://www.bjp-online.com/2019/11/taylor-wessing-2019/|date=5 November 2019|website=British Journal of Photography}}</ref><ref name="bbc-tw">{{cite news|accessdate=2019-12-05|title='Sensitive' mother pictures win top portrait prize|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50303966|date=5 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2019-12-09|title=Photographer wins portrait prize with snap of his mother|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/photographer-wins-portrait-prize-with-snap-of-his-mother-38665104.html|newspaper=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-12-07|title=Pat Martin's 'sensitive' photographs of his late mother win leading portrait prize|url=https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/pat-martins-sensitive-photographs-of-his-late-mother-win-leading-portrait-prize/|date=6 November 2019|website=Creative Boom}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-12-07|title=Photographer wins portrait prize with snap of his mother|url=http://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2019/11/05/news/photographer-wins-portrait-prize-with-snap-of-his-mother-1757686/|date=5 November 2019|website=The Irish News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-12-07|title=Son's pictures of his drug addict mother win £15,000 portrait prize|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/06/sons-pictures-drug-addict-mother-win-15000-portrait-prize-11048763/|date=6 November 2019|website=Metro}}</ref>
*2019: First Prize, [[Zurich Portrait Prize]], [[National Gallery of Ireland]]<ref>{{cite web|title=National Gallery of Ireland: Zurich Portrait Prize 2019|url=https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/zurich-portrait-prize-2019|accessdate=23 December 2019}}</ref>
==Exhibitions==
===Solo exhibitions===
*''At Mirrored River,'' Visual Centre of Contemporary Art Carlow, Carlow, Ireland, 2016 as part of [[PhotoIreland Foundation|PhotoIreland Festival]].<ref name="it-dunne-2016"/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-10-18|title=Enda Bowe, At Mirrored River|url=http://2016.photoireland.org/show/at-mirrored-river-enda-bowe/|website=[[PhotoIreland Foundation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-10-27|title=At Mirrored River – Enda Bowe – VISUAL Carlow Carlow|url=https://www.visualcarlow.ie/exhibitions/info/at-mirrored-river|website=www.visualcarlow.ie}}</ref>
*''At Mirrored River,'' The Library Project, Dublin, 2018 as part of PhotoIreland Festival.<ref name="it-dunne-2018"/><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-10-18|title=Hot list: What we want to see, do and buy this weekend – Independent.ie|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/hot-list-what-we-want-to-see-do-and-buy-this-weekend-37079678.html|newspaper=Independent.ie}}</ref>
===Group exhibitions===
*"Samantha Nolan" in ''Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize,'' National Portrait Gallery, London, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Susan|last1=Daly|accessdate=2018-10-17|title=Slideshow: Irish photographers are picture perfect winners|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/slideshow-irish-photographers-are-picture-perfect-winners-43187-Nov2010/|newspaper=[[TheJournal.ie]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-10-18|title=Work of five Irish photographers selected for exhibition|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/work-of-five-irish-photographers-selected-for-exhibition-1.672637|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref>
*''Plat(t)form,'' [[Fotomuseum Winterthur]], Winterthur, Switzerland, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-10-26|title=Enda Bowe – Artists – Plat(t)form – Explore – Fotomuseum Winterthur|url=https://www.fotomuseum.ch/en/explore/platform/artists/11175_enda_bowe|website=[[Fotomuseum Winterthur]]}}</ref><!-- How many days? -->
*SOLAS Photography Award Winners, Gallery of Photography, Dublin, 2015. Work from ''At Mirrored River.''<ref name="it-dunne-2016"/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-10-18|title=Solas 2015: Enda Bowe:  'At Mirrored River' – Gallery of Photography|url=http://www.galleryofphotography.ie/solas-2015-enda-bowe/|website=Gallery of Photography|date=29 November 2015}}</ref>
*''Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize,'' National Portrait Gallery, London, 2018.<ref name="guardian-2018"/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-10-26|title=Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize shortlist announced – British Journal of Photography|url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2018/08/npg-round-up/|website=[[British Journal of Photography]]}}</ref>
*''Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize,'' National Portrait Gallery, London, 2019.<ref name="bbc-tw"/>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|www.endabowe.com}}
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