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Aoife Haden

Aoife Haden is an Irish photographer, based in Kildare. Since the Pandemic Aoife’s photographic practice has led her to lean more into the film industry, using her photographic knowledge to create more cinematic still concepts in her work. Heavily influenced by Neo-Noir style films like Drive, Mandy and taxi driver, she focuses on using neon colour palettes and certain props and photographic techniques to create these dreamlike cinematic stills.

Image from photographic project "Nocturnal Reveries"

Directing short film, June 2022 at a film residency in southern Italy

Still from short film, shot in southern italy.

Still from a music video shot in November 2022, directed by Maya O'Shea.

Behind the scenes of a short film shot in southern Italy, working sound for the film.

Behind the scenes as Cinematographer for a short film shot in Southern Italy.

Still from the short film i directed in Southern Italy.

Still from a moving image piece "Text me when you walk up" for college project from 2022.

Project Description

Nocturnal Reveries” is a project technically inspired by cinema but based off of her personal experiences with dreams and specifically hypnogogic hallucinations which have for most of her life affected her everyday sleeping but caused a creative flow in her mind from the things she sees during the hallucinations and in turn using this project to recreate some of these experiences.

Thesis Title

This thesis examines the relationship between the still image (photography) and the moving image (cinema) over the last century focusing mainly on the Neo-Noir genre as visual examples, discussing the contrasting relationship between these two medias and the various artistic forms that they have been presented in. By delving into the history of how both media forms were created and the timeline of their growth, while also using photographic projects and movies from various artists using visual examples in order to fully demonstrate the importance of the relationship between the two medias.