Philip Arneill

Photographer
 
Disappearing
Location: Belfast
Nationality: Irish/UK
Biography: Philip Arneill is a documentary photographer and educator who spent 20 years living and working in Tokyo, and is now based in Ireland. He is interested in pursuing autobiography, and the illusory notions of home and belonging, by examining... MORE
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Disappearing
Copyright Philip Arneill 2023
Updated Jun 2020
Location Dublin Ireland
Topics Architecture, Documentary, Dublin, Editorial, Gentrification, Ireland, Photography, Street


Before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold of the economy and Irish society at large, there were plans to develop or add a staggering 99 new hotels (and aparthotels) to the accommodation stock in Dublin in 2020 alone*. While gentrification may be a normal part of the evolution of any city, the speed at which it continues to proceed in Dublin is breathtaking: in 2020 it is almost impossible for regular working people, artists, musicians and students to live in the city. These photos document the remnants of a rapidly disappearing Dublin as it struggles under the weight of relentless gentrification, mass tourism, a spiralling homelessness emergency (with over 10,000 people officially homeless in Ireland), and an unprecedented housing crisis. 

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