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Rod Tuach

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Rod Tuach
Born1945 (age 78–79)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Occupationphotographer
Years active1970s–present
SpouseRoberta Reeners (until 2021, her death)

Rodney Tuach (born 1945) is an Irish photographer. He is a member of Aosdána, an association of Irish artists.[1]

Early life

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Tuach was born in Dublin in 1945.[1] He became interested in photography when working in a film processing laboratory, having earlier worked in advertising.[2]

Career

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Tuach has worked as a freelance photographer for books, magazines and films. He has worked as a theatre photographer and still photographer.[3]

He distinguished between his commercial work and his creative work, "a very personal way of reacting to what goes on about me. It is a translation of the joy and sorrow of what I see. […] It is a fusion of inner feeling and an exterior event, and it is a way of freeing oneself."[2]

Tuach was among the first inductees to Aosdána in 1983.[2] In 1998 he added a self-portrait to The National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland.[2] In 2001, he was one of the first photographers to be invited to exhibit his work at the Royal Hibernian Academy's annual show.[citation needed] In 2003 his short digital film In Lourdes, was shown at the Galway Film Fleadh.[1][4]

Personal life

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Tuach lives in Ashford, County Wicklow.[5] He was married to Roberta Reeners, an American publishing consultant and journalist, until her death in 2021.[6]

Films

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  • In Lourdes (2003) – short

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Aosdána". aosdana.artscouncil.ie.
  2. ^ a b c d Finlay, Sarah (3 April 1989). The National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland: 1989–1999. University of Limerick Press. ISBN 9780946846337 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Richtarik, Marilynn J. (3 April 2001). Acting Between the Lines: The Field Day Theatre Company and Irish Cultural Politics, 1980–1984. CUA Press. ISBN 9780813210759 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Irish Film & TV Research Online – Trinity College Dublin".
  5. ^ "A SPANISH PORTFOLIO". www.photos-spain.com.
  6. ^ "Roberta Tuach (née Reeners) Ashford – WicklowNews". wicklownews.net. 23 July 2021.
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