Kingdom of HoundsRRB Photobooks is delighted to present Kingdom of Hounds, a new publication from documentary photographer Tony OShea. Born in 1947 in County Kerry, Ireland, OShea set out to return annually to his home county to pursue the Kerry Beagle drag hunt. Kerry beagles, one of the oldest native Irish dog breeds, are bred as hunters and trained by the local huntsmen. As strong a presence in the images as they are in the community, throughout the book the Kerry

The factories

The third is a short epilogue that places the site in a wider geographic perspective

running north to south

Can we hold it in esteem if it’s not cloaked in art speak

‘I now see myself as a storyteller

shot at the now demolished Chelsea Reach disco pub in New Brighton in the early 1980s

the images have no captions and remain untethered from a particular place and time

people the same as objects

While some long-standing establishments have closed

pictorial reproductions and vernacular photographs that Lúa Ribeira collects as part of her process to study them as cues and precedents for her contemporary enquiries

Over 400 new images were edited down to those in the book and sequenced by Timoney

Town to Town will feature more than 50 portraits from this journey in his singular