We continue to introduce this year’s RADAR recipients, with Ryan Allen from Ulster University Belfast Campus. His graduate project, ‘fathom’ , can be viewed at UUB’s graduate exhibition running until the 18th June. ‘fathom’ is a visual diary, exploring the artist’s fear of transience in response to witnessing the body’s vulnerability, informed by his mother’s multiple sclerosis and the father as her carer, the project also considers the strain of the demands on family carers. “I gradually pieced together intuitive imagery that began to materialise this sense of loss and a malaise about the body. By recollecting family experiences through the camera, I contemplate the mystery of my lost relationship with my mother. I remember the beauty and fear in the undervalued work of caring that my father carried out with strength and devotion.” . The programme is aimed at providing adequate national and international opportunities for artists in order to engage with the broad arts context and consolidate their practice. RADAR is an ambitious evolution of the Inspirational Arts Photography Award first established in 2009, now expanding its remit to provide critical opportunities with the support of PhotoIreland. Find out more about RADAR and the process at photoireland.org/news . #PhotoIreland #Ireland #IrishCulture #IrishArtists #IrishPhotography #ContemporaryPhotography #ContemporaryArt #ContemporaryIreland #GraduatePhotography #NewArtists