Twilight Together

Portraits of Ireland at Home

Ruth Medjber

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Doubleday Ireland
10 January 2021

Photography & photographs; Individual photographers; Photographs: portraits; Photographic reportage; True stories of heroism, endurance & survival

The essential book for Ireland in 2020, capturing the heart-breaking and uplifting stories that made it a year we will never forget

In March 2020, the arrival of Coronavirus in Ireland saw our world change overnight. We watched in shock as it spread throughout the world with devastating consequences. We stopped travelling, we worked from home, we celebrated birthdays, anniversaries and new arrivals via our screens. Many also had to grieve from a distance, isolated and alone.

But the pandemic also became a time of coming together, of community spirit, of small kindnesses and boundless creativity. We saw frontline workers make extraordinary sacrifices, musicians perform from their front rooms, neighbourhood bingo and open-air film screenings.

In Twilight Together Ruth Medjber has captured all of this and more. Visually stunning and deeply moving, she has photographed people all over Ireland at their front window at dusk, each with their own story to tell. Twilight Together is an extraordinary portrait of a pandemic by one of Ireland's most talented photographers and it is an important document for our times.

By: Ruth Medjber
Imprint: Doubleday Ireland
Country of Publication: Ireland
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 236mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 860g
ISBN: 9781781620571
ISBN 10: 1781620571
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 10 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dublin-born music and portrait photographer Ruth Medjber holds a BA (Photography) from DIT, and her work has appeared in Hot Press, NME, Rolling Stone, Kerrang! and Q Magazine. Medjber's portfolio includes photographs of Grace Jones, Beyonce, Metallica, Billie Eilish and the Foo Fighters. Most recently, she documented Arcade Fire and Hozier on their tours of the UK and Europe, as well as covering the Glastonbury Festival for the BBC. With close ties to her community, she uses her creative talent to support local charitable causes and has a long-term project Women of Notes, which celebrates inspiring women in the Irish music industry in a bid to create a gender balance in music.

Reviews for Twilight Together: Portraits of Ireland at Home

A stunning document of an extraordinary time in our lives * Irish Examiner * A moving and uplifting record of our nation's lockdown * Sunday Independent * BEAUTIFUL ... [Twilight Together] documents how Ireland has lived since March, how we've adapted, how we've celebrated, albeit in different ways, how community has changed but flourished. Honestly, it's LOVELY -- Marian Keyes A really lovely escape for everyone ... [It] gives us reason to keep on believing in the best part of us -- Oliver Callan * Ryan Tubridy Show, RTÉ Radio One * During the first lockdown, photographer Ruth Medjber came up with the simple but effective idea to capture life through our windows. Twilight Together ... collects these striking yet ordinary portraits and illuminates a moment in history * Irish Times * A perfect tapestry of resilience in such times * Irish Independent * Captured the mood (and hearts) of the nation * Journal.ie * This book is so moving, and touching, and important. It reflects the true Ireland we live in ... Stunning -- Róisín Ingle * Irish Times Women's Podcast * Twilight Together may be a time capsule of a moment, but its execution is intimate and warm * Hot Press * It's the sort of thing people can pick up and get joy out of every time they turn a page -- Ian Dempsey * Today FM *