From Insta to new exhibition

In doing so, Skibbereen-based Dominic Casey has fulfilled a 30 year dream by opening his first ever public photography exhibition.

An avid photographer for more than three decades, Dominic, who works as a marketing manager at his local credit union, only began selling prints of his work in 2020 after people discovered his Instagram account.

“When the world could not visit West Cork, I decided to offer a piece of West Cork to the world by starting an Instagram account to share photos of my walks with my wife Gemma and our two children,” said Dominic.

His Instagram account quickly grew into a business as followers and then local stockists got in touch requesting prints.

“The year has been a bit of a whirlwind, from those lockdown walks to now fulfilling a lifetime ambition of having my own exhibition thanks to Niall MacCarthy and his team at Cork Airport,” he said.

Dominic started taking photographs of Ireland’s landscape after getting his first camera at the age of 14: “I got a hand-me-down from my older brother and ever since then I have been hooked, using any free time I had to take pictures of my beautiful locality in West Cork.”

Dominic’s exhibition has already impressed Fáilte Ireland who used his image of Kilcoe Castle to showcase the Wild Atlantic Way near one of the arrival gates at the airport.

The exhibition can be viewed by all visitors to Cork Airport until the middle of January 2022.

Full details on the exhibition can be found at dominiccaseyphotos.ie.