marrow

'marrow' is a photo series and publication documenting young people in their spaces, as well as detail shots of these spaces and how they reflect each person’s individuality. The pandemic forced people inside. For a lot of people, their rooms became their offices, workspace, the majority of where they would spend their time. Not just for sleeping, but also as a college workspace over the pandemic, a general creative workspace over the years, as well as a safe space to relax and destress in. Our rooms are an extension of our personalities and grow and change with us. What would it be like to get an insight into other people’s rooms and their habitat, and how it how it echoes their character and nature? Shot both on film and digitally, featuring four different young adults across Meath, Dublin and Cork.

Queenie, 23. Student, Artist. Cork City, Cork. (1-6)

"I’ve been in this room for one year. I spend a lot of time in my room. It’s my safe space to recharge and to be creative in. I use my room to make art in, to listen to music in and to hang out with friends, as well as unwind. To me, my room means safety. My room is one of my favourites, but anywhere I have fond memories or the people I love are there, are also my favourites."

Jem, 24. Student, Hospitality. Dundrum, Dublin (7-11)

"I’ve been in this room for about 10 years, me and my sister swapped a few years ago. I probably spend about 60% of my time here. I use my room for sleeping and doing work. My room represents dependence, whilst in this room i’m still depending on my parents. I don’t like being inside all day. Because of Covid I spent a significant portion of the ages 22-24 in this room. Being out in nature is my favourite space, I like to travel and live free. I am eager to move out and live more freely."

Ciara, 24. Bartender, Hospitality. Navan, Meath. (12-16)

"I’ve been living in this room for four months. I usually keep my room to just sleeping. Staying in my room has sort of felt unhealthy to me and I tend to get cabin fever quickly, so if my room feels cagey, I have nowhere else to go which is a feeling I like to avoid. My room means a place where I can keep my things that’s just for me, I’ve shared a room a lot and having a bed to myself is something I appreciate. I don’t really have a favourite place, I live at home and I feel like spaces can really change depending on who’s there or what’s going on."

Taz, 25. Musician, Retail Worker. Stoneybatter, Dublin. (17-20)

I’ve been in this room since December 2021. Before I returned to work I spent every

single day in my sitting room. But now I only come home only to shower, eat and sleep. I use it to spend time on myself and my hobbies. It’s also a space for me to reflect and destress as for the first time in my life I have a space that’s entirely mine, and a space where I can host for my friends and catch up with them or have them stay over without need for consultation or approval. My apartment is definitely my favourite space, because of the sole reason that for once it’s a space of my own self expression, and at its core, my safe space."