Growing Old from Home

by Norma Manly

Growing old from home explores the issue of emigration through photography, an issue so relevant in contemporary Ireland. It follows the lives of the ageing Irish Community in New York City, bringing alive their intense love and pride for their place of birth.

My objective is to encourage new/renewed connections to be made and re-established from home and abroad. Re-connecting with family and friends, bringing them one step closer to our doorstep.

  • Older woman is sitting on the chair
  • People at the Irish center in Jacksons Avenue, Queens, New York,
  • Playing a game at the Irish center in New York,
  • Men at the Irish center in Jacksons Avenue, Queens, New York
  • American flag in fron of the house
  • Kathleen Rygor sits in a chair in her family home
  • Man sits in the church
  • Older woman sits on bed
  • Portrait of older man
  • Dinner dance, Queens, New York. March, 2011
  • 2 older women sits at the kitchen table
  • Older man sits in his car with door open
  • Hand imprint in the concrete
  • Older woman is signing
  • Older couple is dancing on the floor
  • Women stands in a long corridor