Through photography and film, The Lived Resistance offers a phenomenological portrait of protest in contemporary Ireland.
This body of work does not seek to document from a distance, but rather to dwell inside the emotional, sensory, and symbolic layers of resistance. From marches and vigils to quiet, everyday gestures of defiance, Jacqui Devenney Reed captures the textures of protest—the worn shoes, handmade banners, flickers of hope, and private grief behind public action.
Ireland’s long history of resistance forms a backdrop, but this work is grounded firmly in the now. It engages movements around housing, environmental justice, bodily autonomy, and cultural memory—not only through portraits of people, but through the spaces, objects, and sounds that hold the residue of these struggles.
Rooted in the Donegal landscape and shaped by an intuitive creative process, Devenney Reed’s work reflects the enduring power of presence. Each frame is an act of witness, inviting the viewer to slow down and listen—to what is seen, what is felt, and what resists forgetting.