Rod Tuach
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Rod Tuach | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | photographer |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Spouse | Roberta Reeners (until 2021, her death) |
Rodney Tuach (born 1945) is an Irish photographer. He is a member of Aosdána, an association of Irish artists.[1]
Tuach was born in Dublin in 1945.[1] He became interested in photography when working in a film processing laboratory, having earlier worked in advertising.[2]
Career
Tuach has worked as a freelance photographer for books, magazines and films. He has worked as a theatre photographer and still photographer.[3]
He distinguished between his commercial work and his creative work, "a very personal way of reacting to what goes on about me. It is a translation of the joy and sorrow of what I see. […] It is a fusion of inner feeling and an exterior event, and it is a way of freeing oneself."[2]
Tuach was among the first inductees to Aosdána in 1983.[2] In 1998 he added a self-portrait to The National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland.[2] In 2001, he was one of the first photographers to be invited to exhibit his work at the Royal Hibernian Academy's annual show.[citation needed] In 2003 his short digital film In Lourdes, was shown at the Galway Film Fleadh.[1][4]
Personal life
Tuach lives in Ashford, County Wicklow.[5] He was married to Roberta Reeners, an American publishing consultant and journalist, until her death in 2021.[6]