Beyond Home

Stirling Photography Festival in partnership with Street Level Photoworks of Glasgow are delighted to present Ron O’Donnell at the Tolbooth gallery, in his first ever exhibition in his hometown.

Ron is a photographic artist renowned for his dazzling constructed and narrative photographs, his images are vibrant, daring and humorous and have touched upon allegory, myth, identity, mortality, and politics.

Beyond Home has been curated exclusively for the Stirling Photography Festival and we are delighted that Ron will show new work created especially for this exhibition.

"  It is with great pleasure and satisfaction that I exhibit my work in my birthplace. For this occasion, a wee retrospective felt appropriate — a journey through images from early work to the present.  

The exhibition includes street photographs of Edinburgh taken during the 1970s, capturing the spirit and atmosphere of the city at that time. Through medium-format interior images of Edinburgh's shops, workshops, and factories — spaces that speak of the city's Industrial character and social fabric.

The collection then moves toward more constructed imagery, culminating in digitally composed works that reflect a shift in both technique and vision over the decades.
Together, the work traces an evolving dialogue, and my own changing approach to the art of photography.”      Ron

Ron’s work has been exhibited widely including at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City; Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Montreal; California State University, Los Angeles; Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem; Walker Arts Centre, Minneapolis. O’Donnell’s work is held in private and public collections including the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Pompidou, Paris and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow.

He has been the recipient of various awards including a Leverhulme Trust research project grant, Creative Scotland Travel grant, and the Fox Talbot Award for photography.
Ron is a lecturer in photography at Edinburgh Napier University.
Website   www.ronodonnell.com

Stirling Photography Festival: Beyond 2025

Ron's exhibition is supported by Edinburgh Napier University, and generously hosted by our long term partners at the Tolbooth in the heart of Stirling's old town.

As part of the 2025 Stirling Photography Festival: Beyond 2025, this  is one of several exhibitions being hosted across Stirling as part of the annual festival which runs in September. The festival programme will be announced through social media and on our website during August.

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