Beckett: Lieben - Book Launch - Love, Life and Death: John Minihan

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Irish photographer John Minihan in conversation with the editors of his new book looking at his career documenting everyday life and stars.

Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, Lecture Theatre 1

Beckett: Lieben 2026 explores Beckett's fascination with German expressionism, which he first encountered through his relationship with the Sinclair family in Kassel in the 1930s. For more information about the festival, please go to <a href="https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/research/beckett/" title="https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/research/beckett/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.liverpool.ac.uk/beckett</a>.We are delighted to welcome back Irish photographer John Minihan, to mark the launch of "Love, Life and Death: John Minihan in His Own Words", his new book edited by Gerry Diver and Declan Houten at the Institute of Irish Studies. The launch will be in the form of a conversation between John Minihan and the editors, with a particular focus on his photos of Samuel Beckett.Copies of the book will be available for sale at the event at a special launch price of £30 (RRP of £45).Love, Life and Death: John Minihan in His Own WordsFrom his beginnings in the town of Athy, County Kildare, John Minihan rose to become one of the most perceptive photographers of the twentieth century, rubbing shoulders with film stars, rock stars and royalty along the way. Drawing on extensive interviews and the photographs that made Minihan's reputation, this book tells the story of an Irish artist, his methodology and his creative obsessions in his own words. Beginning with his initiation into the alchemy of photography in Ireland and London, Love, Life and Death looks at Minihan as a photojournalist, an expert in the mysteries of the darkroom and as a deeply spiritual artist. Through everything, Minihan's words unspool a thread that links his photographs of the wake of Katy Tyrell and of Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett — his unwavering belief in the centrality of love, life and death as photographic subjects.Love, Life and Death: John Minihan in His Own Words will be published by Peter Lang: <a href="https://www.peterlang.com/document/1728643" title="https://www.peterlang.com/document/1728643" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.peterlang.com/document/1728643</a>. For information on how to get to the Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, including nearby car parks, please go to <a href="https://thetungauditorium.com/your-visit" title="https://thetungauditorium.com/your-visit" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://thetungauditorium.com/your-visit</a>.

Beckett: Lieben - Book Launch - Love, Life and Death: John Minihan

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