These glamorous portraits were taken by Ross Photographers of Dublin in the 1940s. The studio was set up in 1929 and is one of the few independent Irish businesses still operating on Grafton Street today. I really like their colourful yellow sign which brightens up the dull Dublin sky in the photo above. I also located advertisements for the studio in daily newspapers from the 1930s. Jason Bitner of Found magazine discovered an entire studio collection in LaPorte, Indiana and I am a fan of his book which was published by Princeton Architectural Press. A documentary film on the collection is also in production.
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These two Ross Studio portraits which I recognised immediately were taken NOT by Edmund Ross of Grafton St but, by his uncle Joseph Ross of 3 St Stephens Green, where I worked for many years in the late 60´s. J. Ross was a portrait artist, I have yet to come across his equal.
Thanks for this. I’d love to chat to you about Joseph Ross. I ascribed the portraits to ‘Ross Studios’ as stamped on the photos and referred to the Edmund Ross as I knew there was a family connection. The advertisements shown above give the address as 3 Stephen’s Green.
Yes, Edmond Ross was a nephew of Joseph Ross. If there is anything I can help you with I would gladly oblige. I have been living in Spain since I stopped working at Ross Studios. I used to hand paint some of the oil painted portraits, as, at the time that was a speciality of Joesph Ross Studios.