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Doyle, Lesley, 1959-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1959    

Biographical note

Photographer. Lesley Doyle was born in Dublin, Ireland, and learned photography from her father. In 1980 she moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland, where she established herself as a freelance photojournalist. Doyle was the principal photographer and photo editor for the short-lived weekly newspaper Shankill People (1990-1992). Doyle expanded her work to include commercial work for non-profit and non-government organizations dedicated to community development, working in Northern Ireland as well as Bulgaria and Somalia.

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Lesley Doyle photographic archives

 Collection
Abstract Photographic archives of freelance photographer Lesley Doyle document Northern Ireland in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. Collection comprises negatives, contact sheets, photographic prints, and positive transparencies, as well as a small number of paper-based records of her work and its publication. Topics covered include Northern Ireland community development following the Good Friday agreement; prominent artists, politicians, and religious leaders in the Northern...
Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Digital photographs on optical disc are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not yet been reformatted. Negatives are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs are available for access. Color positive transparencies require use of a light box provided by the Burns Library Reading Room.

Dates: 1975, 1985-2003