IMAGES OF the Dalai Lama, Pele and the last living survivor of the Titanic are among a number of photos included in an unusual exhibition opening in Dublin today.
A Thousand Reasons for Living, which is being held at Gallery One on Castle Street, is billed as the world’s first exhibition by an amateur photographer using mobile phones.
The exhibition by humanitarian worker, author and movie producer Don Mullan includes pictures of the famous and not-so-famous, buildings and sites of interest from around the world.
Mullan decided to use camera phones as the format encouraged spontaneity and forced him to get closer to people to take their picture, he said. “This was a project that taught me to always be alert to the present moment. People who have seen the photos can’t believe that they’ve been taken on camera phones. None of the images have been enhanced or edited in any way because I wanted there to be a purity and an honesty about them,” said Mullan.
In 2007 he approached Nokia, which donated a number of mobile phones for him to take on his travels around the world. The aim of the exhibition is to sell pictures in support of charitable projects in which Mullan is involved.
Mullan hopes to sell limited edition copies of a photographic portrait of Millvina Dean, the last living survivor of the Titanic. Now aged 95, Dean is living in a nursing home without financial support.
“All of the money raised will go to help support Millvina and Im hopeful that the likes of James Cameron, Twentieth Century Fox and Leonardo DiCaprio, who have all benefited from their association with the Titanic, will match whatever funds I raise,” he said.
