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Faculty Throwback: David Bowman

August 22, 2015

The Faculty Throwback series features images from the archives of School of Photography Faculty.

By David Bowman

1997, Ireland.

My mom made plans to visit Ireland with a friend, but they didn’t want to drive on the wrong side of the road. And they didn’t want to get stuck on a tour bus. So they pitched in and bought me a ticket so I could be their driver, since I knew my way around. I flew out early and stayed on the Aran islands for a few weeks ahead of their arrival.

The streets were a little busy during the day, when ferries arrived from the mainland with tourists. But after the last boat left in the late afternoon, I had the place to myself. As I walked across Inishmore one day, I came upon a white horse. An islander approached, and asked if I knew who’s horse I was photographing. When I said no, he told me: The horse belongs to the family of Robert Flaherty, director of Nanook of the North…and the reputed Father of documentary film.

Back home in St. Paul, I had a show of my work. The woman who bought this print was so excited that she hopped on a plane to Ireland to meet the horse herself.

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