George’s Dock in Dublin’s Docklands played host to a herd of fifty donkeys during the St Patrick’s Festival. The donkeys were a collection of life-size photographs by internationally acclaimed photographer Oliviero Toscani.

Toscani was born in Milan and studied photography and design in Zurich. He was the creative force behind some of the world’s most successful brands, most famously the United Colours of Benetton. In 1990 he created ‘Colours’, the world’s first global magazine. His work as fashion photographer appeared in such magazines as ‘Vogue’ and ‘Harper’s Bazaar’.

Toscani opened the exhibition, a documentation of Portuguese donkeys, no longer part of the urban and rural landscape, having lost their main function as a means of transport. This wonderful exhibition also served to highlight the work of Ireland’s Donkey Sanctuary, based in Mallow, Co. Cork.