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Deirdre O’Callaghan was born in Cork in 1970 and is now based in London. She was picture editor of Dazed & Confused magazine (1996-98) and her work has appeared in a number of publications including The Independent Magazine, Q Magazine , Hot Press and Mojo. Her solo exhibition Hide That Can, a four-year study of an Irish emigrant community in north London was premiered in the Gallery of Photography in 2001. The book of this work, published by Westzone in 2003, was awarded Publication of the Year by both the International Center of Photography, New York and the Rencontres d’Arles de la Photographie, France.