GIRL ABOUT TOWN
Nuala Meenehan works in the media and is a leading model.TRUTH AND LIES
THROUGH THE
LENS
He is the ingenious force behind some of the most
successful brands and magazines in the world
including, Esprit, Chanel and Fiorucci. He has
collaborated as fashion photographer for international
magazines Elle, Vogue, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar,
Esquire, Stern and Liberation. When the word’s out
Oliviero Toscani is Belfast-bound it’s big news!
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to headline this year’s Belfast Photo Festival with an
intimate discussion and Q&A at the Ulster Museum.
His presence on stage is as powerful and captivating
as his highly acclaimed work. Famed for his shock
tactics and the provocative United Colours of
Benetton publicity campaign, Oliviero Toscani is
famed for tapping into wider world issues and cause
marketing for the brand’s advertising campaigns in
the 1980s and 90s. Holding a mirror up to society
through his lens, the award-winning photographer
and creative director told a packed auditorium: “All
art has to provoke something. Great art produces
discussion.” This ideology was the force behind his
works for unconventional advertising campaigns that
used images of AIDS patients, war, and prisoners on
death row.
Well known photographers and admirers attending
included, Khara Pringle and Bradley Quinn. The
2019 Belfast Photo Festival ‘Truth and Lies’ was
organised in partnership with Alexander Boyd
Displays and Arts & Business.
EDITED BY
NUALA MEENEHAN18Oliviero Toscani and
Nuala Meenehan.Michael Weir, festival director;Oliviero Toscani; Nuala Meenehan; and Terry Corr.
Nuala Meenehan, Oliviero Toscani and Alexander BoydKristina Januleviciute and
Colin Hadden.Eloisa Curran, Helen MacRandal and Lucy MacRandal.Michael Weir, festival director; Oliviero Toscani;
and Barry Desmond, Alexander Boyd.Hannah Snelling, Hannah Faulkner, Karla McNally
and Barry McCabe.Corey Watson, Katri Hassard, Kerrie Bingham, Lauren Pogue and Joel Rock.20