Eamonn Doyle (born 1969) is an Irish photographer, electronic music producer, DJ, and owner/manager of the D1 Recordings record label.[1] He has produced a number of records of his own music. His self-published photo-books include the trilogy i (2014), ON (2015) and End (2016), set in Dublin where he lives.[2][3] He founded and ran the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival from 2001 to 2009.
Ian Maleney wrote in The Irish Times in 2015 that "D1 is considered one of the most important chapters in recent Irish music history".[1]Martin Parr declared i "the best street photobook in a decade".[2]
Doyle worked in the independent music business for 15 years.[1] Around 1993 he and others set up a recording studio in the basement of the building he lived in at 147 Parnell Street in Dublin's north inner city. Some of that music was released on the Dead Elvis indie record label he co-founded and ran.[5] Doyle became a DJ, then founded the techno record label D1 Recordings (named after the postcode it was located in) in 1994 which released music by artists from Dublin and elsewhere.[1][6] D1 Recordings also ran a recording studio (d1), record shop and, eventually, a distribution company (Dublin Distribution) all in the same Parnell Street building.[1][5] D1 also ran a weekly club night on Saturday nights for over a decade.[5] The label resurfaced in 2018 in preparation for their 25th anniversary vinyl boxset release.[5] Ian Maleney wrote in The Irish Times in 2015 that "D1 is considered one of the most important chapters in recent Irish music history".[1] Doyle also set up two subsidiary labels called D1aspora [Distributed via Submerge in Detroit] and DublinLondon with UK electronic music producer Mark Broom.
Doyle produces and releases his own music through D1 Recordings and various other labels on 12" records and for download. He also produces music with Scott Logan as Active Service Unit.
D1 Recordings logo
Dublin Electronic Arts Festival
Doyle founded the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival (DEAF)[7] in 2001 which he ran until 2009.[1][5] The annual festival would take place over the course of nearly a week with events in venues across the city.[8]
i (2014)[14] was inspired by Samuel Beckett.[9] Doyle's subjects were elderly working-class people photographed "from above, as if looming over them while they went about their daily business."[2]Martin Parr declared it "the best street photobook in a decade".[2]
In ON (2015) "the location remains the same – Parnell Street and O’Connell Street in Dublin – but, this time, the subjects are younger and more varied in terms of ethnicity. Whereas i evoked an almost timeless Dublin, On shows a markedly contemporary city, where people stride purposefully onward, intent on their destination rather than their journey."[9]End (2016) concluded the trilogy.
K (2018) was made at the western Atlantic edge of Ireland.[citation needed]
Publications
Photography books by Doyle
State Visit. Dublin: Self-published / D1, 2013.
i. Dublin: Self-published / D1, 2014. Edition of 750 copies.
ON. Dublin: Self-published / D1, 2015. ISBN978-0-99284-871-2. Edition of 999 copies (333 in each colour).
End. Dublin: Self-published / D1, 2016. Photographs by Doyle, drawings by Niall Sweeney and ambient soundtrack by David Donohoe. ISBN978-0-99284-8729. 13 sections and a 7" vinyl record, housed in a slipcase. Edition of 1000 copies.
K. Dublin: Self-published / D1, 2018. Photographs by Doyle, music by David Donohoe. Includes a 10" vinyl record. Edition of 1000 copies.
Made In Dublin. London: Thames & Hudson, 2019. Photographs by Doyle, text by Kevin Barry. ISBN9780500545089
Eamonn Doyle. RM/Fundación Mapfre, 2020. Photographs by Doyle, text by Sweeney, David Donohoe, Bob Quinn, Lisa Godson. ISBN978-8417975005
Moral Phobia: ein Zeitgeist-Glossar von Achtsamkeit bis Zigarette. Berlin: Gudberg Nerger, 2015. By Judith Mair and Bitten Stetter. ISBN978-3-943061-35-2. Includes Doyle's i series.
Mono Vol 2. London: Goma, 2015. ISBN978-0957414525. Includes Doyle's ON series.
Iontas Small Works, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Awards
2015: Curtin O'Donoghue Photography Prize, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin for "Westmoreland St, Dublin"[15]
2015: Joint winner, Solas Ireland Award, Source and the Gallery of Photography, Dublin. The other winners were Ciarán Óg Arnold, Enda Bowe, Emer Gillespie, Shane Lynam, Dara McGrath and Yvette Monahan.[16][17][18]
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