Dunsmore's films her subjects for twenty minutes sitting in silence, and there is only one take. ‘What I appreciate with moving image portraiture is the notion of the subject being present. For me, this is a performative form of portraiture. The lighting is purposely reminiscent of painterly use of light and complements facial features. The camera acts as a gatherer of light. The shifting light replicates the shifting subtleties of the sitter's face. These are portraits of light painted in pixels.’ Dunsmore, 2025

Installation view KEEPER exhibition at Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, 2018.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate moving image portraits of David Trimble, 2017 John Hume, 2004, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, 2017. KEEPER exhibition The Hugh Lane Gallery, 2018. Photographer Ros Kavanagh

Katherine Zappone, 2024 +

Mo Mowlam, 2023 +

Gerry Adams, 2022 +

Malachi Curran, 2022 +

Gary McMichael, 2022 +

Trezija Stoisits, 2022 +

Lydia Foy, 2022 +

Bertie Ahern, 2019 +

Seamus Mallon, 2019 +

Pearl Sagar, 2019 +

Monica McWilliams, 2019 +

Nell McCafferty, 2019 +

Ivana Bacik, 2018 +

George Mitchell, 2018 +

Christine Beynon, 2018 +

David Trimble, 2017 +

Mairead Corrigan Maguire, 2017 +

David Norris, 2012 +

John Hume, 2005 +

Martin McGuinness, 2005 +

John Alderdice, 2005 +

David Ervine, 2004 +