Enda Cavanagh

Enda Cavanagh is an award winning Dublin based professional architectural andlandscape photographer. 

He is an associate member of the Irish Professional Photographer's Association (the IPPA) and in a short time has become one of the leading architectural and fine art landscape photographers in Ireland. In 2011 he became the first photographer in Europe to receive a QEP (Qualified European Photographer) by the Federation of European Photographers in the category of fine art landscape. He received the best single landscape image award in the 2010 IPPA/RSA National Photographer of the year awards for his image "Sand in Motion, the Pigeon House" and was awarded architectural photographer of the year in the 2011 IPPA awards. He received the best single pictorial image award in the 2012 IPPA awards for his image "Radiating beams, Blackrock Baths at Sunrise". He was once again awarded architectural photographer of the year in the 2013 IPPA awards. He was a finalist in the 2010 FEP European Fine Art Photographer of the Year Awards for his image “River Slaney, Altamont Gardens 1”. He received best single architectural image in the 2014 IPPA awards. 

He grew up in rural Ireland and has always felt a strong connection to the land. He is drawn to the rugged beauty of Ireland and discovers a great sense of peace in our environment. He seeks to reflect the inherent drama and melancholy of the Irish landscape in his photographs. Enda regularly finds himself shooting landscapes that show evidence of man's existence and his impact on the land. Many of his images also feature man made objects that, over time, have themselves become part of the landscape. Enda's work captures the character of the land and communicates the subtle patterns, shapes and forms which exist in  our landscape.
 
Enda appreciates how essential the presence of man is to our understanding of our environment and seeks to capture the tension implicit in the emergence of beauty from the detritus of our existence. He challenges our comprehension of beauty by asking us at what point does age become attractive. Enda helps us to perceive the dynamic nature of the country we inhabit and casts a cold, challenging eye upon the traditional interpretations of the Irish Landscape.

Enda has worked for 16 years in architecture, including award winning projects both in Berlin and here, in Ireland. His long experience in architecture and his deep knowledge of photography allows him to quickly realise the vision of his client's creative teams.
 
Having worked within the industry, Enda is adept at collaborating with designers and architects. This understanding of the design process is a great aid in facilitating the clear identification of the project's aims and ensures an accurate actualisation of these project goals.
 
His vision of the Irish Landscape allows Enda to draw dramatic parallels between the subjects of his work and their surroundings. Enda's Landscape work emphasises the dynamic and transitive nature of our relationship with our environment. This allows Enda a unique vantage point from which he can portray the connections between our constructions and the contours which give them context