Geoffrey Ireland
Introduction


**Thomas "Geoffrey" Ireland** (4 April 1923 – 19 July 2016\) was a British [photographer](/wiki/Photographer "Photographer") and writer. He studied at the [Lancaster School of Art](/wiki/Lancaster_School_of_Art "Lancaster School of Art") under [Ronald Grimshaw](/wiki/Ronald_Grimshaw "Ronald Grimshaw") and then at the [Royal College of Art](/wiki/Royal_College_of_Art "Royal College of Art"), where in 1953 he was appointed the tutor for graphic design. He later became Head of Photography at the [Central School of Art and Design](/wiki/Central_School_of_Art_and_Design "Central School of Art and Design"). He died on 19 July 2016\.

His photographic work included studies of many sculptors such as [Jacob Epstein](/wiki/Jacob_Epstein "Jacob Epstein") held in the [National Portrait Gallery](/wiki/National_Portrait_Gallery_%28London%29 "National Portrait Gallery (London)") and his works are also included in the [Tate](/wiki/Tate "Tate") collections.[Geoffrey Ireland](https://web.archive.org/web/20080621105125/http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1340&page=1). Tate Online. Archived 21 June 2008\.


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