The Li8erties, Gustas Radavičius

The Li8erties is a publication that documents the historic heart of Dublin, an area rich in heritage and character, from an outsider’s perspective. By engaging with the local community, it explores the culture of the place as well as its ongoing development. Highlighting the neighbourhood’s identity as it continues to evolve.

This area was the first one I was introduced to when I came to Ireland, and I have been fascinated by it ever since. It all started with my job at a plant shop on Cork Street, and now, three years later, a good friend I met there lives right around the corner from the store. When I first started exploring the Liberties, I felt a different energy: demolished old buildings, activist writings, history on the walls, and, above all, a close community. Experiencing this place as my introduction to Ireland is what made me stay.

It was only after I explored more of Dublin that I realised there is no other place quite like them Liberties.

Gustas Radavičius is a Lithuanian born photographer and visual media artist based in Dublin,Ireland. He specialises in both digital and analogue formats, fashion, portraiture, story-telling and event photography. His work is driven by authentic cultural representation combining documentary and artistic approaches to explore place, identity and community through portraiture and narrative imagery.

Self Published
Hardcover
36 pages
148 x 210 mm