As a photographer, Aidan Kelly uses both traditional analogue and digital techniques to create works that draw on street photography but also offer a commentary on Dublin City and how it has evolved over the years. The project No Ordinary Love attempts to reckon with these changes to the city and his personal relationship with it. Using the idea of a relationship where the city takes the form of a lady, a woman not unlike Anna Livia, he writes her messages, hoping she still loves him. She's taking her time to get back. She might have left the city. She reads the words but ignores his plea, maybe like a government on the street that doesn't have time to answer impertinent questions. Amongst this work is
a series set around the spire that ties in with the idea of people waiting and hoping and a city in flux. These works have conversations about the future, Love for a city, and Can it be better? The political subtext expands the idea for further works or a resolution.