The Courthouse Gallery, Parliament Street, Ennistymon presents Jan Ploeg's ‘Dolphin Address’, a photography and video exhibition running from June 17th to July 12th 2009. The official opening takes place on Friday 19th June at 8 pm by Dr. Simon Berrow, founder of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group and Project officer of the Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation. The exhibition shows 26 large, mounted photographs (48 x 36 cm) of the dolphin Dusty, taken just under the waters’ surface, where the sunlight is still strong making her appear as being clad in a golden shroud. In addition, three computers will be set up where visitors will be able to view hundreds of photographs and underwater videos or log on to the artist’s website (www.janploeg.nl). Jan Ploeg is an artist taught by nature, who worked in wood between 1976 and 1999 and started specializing in dolphins and whales since 1986. He first came to Ireland in 1992 and swam with Fungi and in 2002 started swimming with Dusty. He has since developed the ‘WaterWing’, written a book in his native Dutch about Fungi the Dolphin, developed toys for Dolphins in a Dutch dolphinarium and recently published ‘Dolphin Address’ featuring Dolphin photography and outlining his experiences with these animals.
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