Eric Luke

When I was 18 and used travel the country with camera, on my motorcycle, shooting pictures that led to a 50 year career in photojournalism and still at it… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland

Seems like yesterday but 53 years ago made staff photographer with the biggest newspaper group in Ireland. Five Olympic games World Cups politics war famine chaos and every day life. I’ve learnt a lot and still learning…the power of photography #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #belfast #Ireland

Pop into Studio 10 Wicklow street Dublin to see a celebration of Phil Lynott his life and his music…exhibition open until Sunday #lynott #thinlizzy #dublin @studio10dublin

For anyone interested in photography here’s my contact sheet from the darkroom with some of my negatives of U2 in Croke park Dublin 1987… #35mmfilm #photography #U2 #Bono #Ireland

U2 at Croke park Dublin 1987… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #U2 #Bono #Dublin #Ireland

Belfast 1970s… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #Belfast #documentary #photography #Ireland

Rural Ireland 1972… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #kodak #documentary #photography #Ireland

Dublin City in the early 1970s…hard to believe it’s over half a century ago #photography #documentary #dublin #ireland

Just doing a bit of work here in France on my archive of The Troubles in 1970 and 1980… #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #visapourlimage #ireland

Today’s picture from Perpignan at Visa pour l'Image, the largest international photojournalism festival in the world. Exhibitions, discussions and screenings over a two week period… #photography #documentary #visapourlimage

Wonderful to bump into the great French photographer Raymond Depardon at his exhibition at Visa pour l’image in Perpignan. Amazing work over the decades and having collected his books for years, to now meet him and see his prints first hand is a privilege #documentary #photography #visapourlimage

Heading to the South of France to attend Visa pour l'Image, the largest international photojournalism festival in the world. Exhibitions, discussions and screenings make up pro week, and we might even squeeze in a beer here in Perpignan #photography #documentary #perpigana 🎞📷

Dublin City 1980s… from my old negatives #35mm #35mmfilm #photography #Dublin #Ireland

Wonderful exhibition of portraits by the great photographer Jane Bown who worked for The Observer newspaper from 1949 and currently on view at the EU buildings in Dublin.

This is Jim Morrison’s grave in Père-Lachaise Cemetery Paris in 1983. I believe the wonderful stone bust of the lead singer with The Doors has disappeared. Glad to have photographed it 40 years ago before it vanished… #35mmfilm @johncreedon #photograghy #Documentary #kodak #rockmusic #leica #Paris

Photographer 50 years I’m interested in the proliferation of AI images and digital photographs I shot film for 20 years digital 25 years back to film10 years.People show me images which look great but I don’t know if they’re real At least I have my negatives… #35mm #documentary #photography #ireland

Over 54 years ago I started as a darkroom printer. Progressed quickly to staff photographer with the biggest newspaper group in the country. Shot my work on 35mm film for decades and now all I shoot is on film. Life goes full circle… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #documentary #photography #Ireland

Shot on 35mm Kodak film 40 years ago. A personal project that included twelve days at sea on a fishing boat between Iceland and Greenland… #35mmfilm #kodak #documentary #photography #Iceland

Shot on 35mm Kodak film 40 years ago. A personal project that included twelve days at sea on a fishing boat between Iceland and Greenland… #35mmfilm #kodak #documentary #photography #Iceland

Shot on 35mm Kodak Ektachrome transparency 40 years ago. A personal project that included twelve days at sea on a fishing boat between Iceland and Greenland… #35mmfilm #kodak #documentary #photography

I spent a short time on a personal shoot with Bob Geldof 45 years ago. Together we made a photograph. I often think collaboration is vital. From my old negatives … 🎞📷 #photography #35mm #documentary #Ireland

Twelfth” Orange parade at Rossnowlagh Donegal in 1978… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #Donegal #photography #documentary #Ireland

Twelfth” Orange parade at Rossnowlagh Donegal in 1978… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary #Ireland

Twelfth” Orange parade at Rossnowlagh Donegal in 2022… #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary #Ireland

Fifty years ago…35mm film…Dublin…Rory Gallagher…my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland

Thanks to The Irish Times for a lovely two page spread on my book Tory Island today. Book launch is at Photo Museum Ireland on Wednesday June 24th at 6pm… Photo Museum Ireland Photo Books Ireland Garry O'neill @willeica The Irish Times #dalkeybookfestival #photography #documentary #donegal #ireland

One week to go… at Photo Museum Ireland in Dublin 🎞📷 @PhotoMuseumIRL #photography #documentary #Donegal #Ireland

Happy Bloomsday… Sandycove early this morning with the James Joyce tower on the right #Bloomsday #Bloomsday2026 #JamesJoyce #Joyce #Ulysses #Sandycove #Dublin

Coming soon… the launch of my book Toraigh, at Photo Museum Ireland, in Dublin on Wednesday June 24th at 6pm. Photography on Tory island over a 50 year period, with a foreword by historian Diarmaid Ferriter. Available to order in advance, via this link hitonebooks.ie/toraigh-tory...

My new book is being launched on June 24th. Photography on Tory island, Ireland’s most remote inhabited island, over a 50 year period, with a foreword by historian Diarmaid Ferriter. Available to order in advance, via this link hitonebooks.ie/toraigh-tory...

For anyone interested in documentary photography. Derry Northern Ireland 1981… from my old negatives #photography #35mm #kodak #Derry #Ireland

The greatest guitarist in the world live on stage in Dublin over 50 years ago… Rory Gallagher from my old negatives #35mmfilm #guitar #rorygallagher #music #documentary #Ireland

Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones in Ireland 1982… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary #Ireland

One from my collection of twenty original prints now on permanent display at the Little Museum of Dublin… Sinead O’Connor at a political rally in Dublin 1989… from my old negatives #photograghy #documentary #35mmfilm #Dublin #Ireland @littlemuseumdub

Sad to hear of the death of Gordon Snell author and husband of the late Maeve Binchy. I would see him regularly as we live near each other, and was fortunate to photograph the couple for my own archive a few years ago… #author #gordonsnell #MaeveBinchy #Dalkey #Ireland

The blanket protest in 1979… a campaign for political status for Republican prisoners in Northern Ireland … from my old negatives #35mmfilm #documentary #photography #Ireland

On board a fishing boat off the West coast of Ireland 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland

On board a fishing boat off the West coast of Ireland 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland

As a full time photographer for the last 50 years and while still shooting… I enjoy sharing my old negatives…Galicia Spain 1970s on Kodak Tri-X film… #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary

Galicia Spain 1970s on Kodak Tri-X film… from my old negatives #35mm #kodak #documentary #photography #Spain

Sometimes ordinary everyday life makes for good photographs . West of Ireland over 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #galway #Ireland

As a full time photographer for the last 50 years and while still shooting , I enjoy sharing my old work… West of Ireland in the 1970s #35mmfilm #documentary #photography #Galway #Ireland

Sometimes ordinary everyday life makes for good photographs . West of Ireland over 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #galway #ireland

As a full time photographer for over 50 years, here’s a photograph from my old negatives… West of Ireland 1970s #35mmfilm #kodak #leica #documentary #photography #ireland

Sometimes ordinary everyday life makes for good photographs . West of Ireland over 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #galway #ireland

With manual cameras , manual focus, no motor drive, it was such a challenge to try to capture his dreadlocks. In my seventies, I can think of nothing more enjoyable than sharing a photograph, from my archive… the great Bob Marley at his one and only gig in Ireland… from my old negatives

So now I’m in my seventies, I can think of nothing more enjoyable than sharing a photograph, from my own archive, and here’s a personal favourite… the great Bob Marley at his one and only gig in Ireland… from my old negatives #photography #BobMarley #myoldnegatives

Rural Ireland 1980s… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary #ireland

Simple everyday moments captured on 35mm film and archived for future generations… documentary photography is not art but of equal importance in recording daily life. A sheep farmer and his collie dog in rural Ireland 50 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland

Unloading the turf in rural Ireland 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland