THE PHOTOGRAPHS of George Stuart have been well-known within the old-car community for years, but few are aware of the vast archive of Irish motoring images Stuart has built up since he first started to indulge his love of photography and cars in 1947, when he was given a Kodak box camera of first World War vintage, writes
BOB MONTGOMERY.
But as well as material covering veteran runs, hillclimbs, circuit racing and mudplugs, Stuart has an eye for the common-place. This is evidenced by the many unusual photographs of Irish motoring on display in an upcoming exhibition of his work by the Royal Irish Automobile Club Archive.
The exhibition, The Way We Were, includes a selection of Stuart’s work, displaying diverse images from Irish motoring and motorsport in the 1950s and 1960s, a testament to this talented amateur photographer’s eye for the unusual and bringing this less-regimented era to life once more.
The exhibition opens to the public on Tuesday, September 1st and runs for two weeks at the Royal Irish Automobile Club (riac.ie), Dawson Street, Dublin 2.