Gretchen Kessler is a photographer living, working, and photographing in Cork, Ireland. She lives with her pet rats, enjoys singing in a local choir, and can usually be found in Fitzgerald's Park when the weather is nice.

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Gretchen focuses on a documentary style with her photography, with the aim of capturing and recording the world around her for posterity. Gretchen received her first camera at the age of 13, and fondly remembers spending hours after school in the photo lab, carefully developing photographs long after her schoolmates had gone home.