David Dunnico ….. artist …. photographer …. author…. and all round good chap

I was saddened today to receive the news that David Dunnico had died.

I first met David back in 2019 when his exhibition, “Flag of Convivence” was about to open in Stockport, and our last encounter was just over a year and a bit ago at a talk on “Unlocking Our Sound” which is a project about using sound as a way of understanding the past.

And that pretty much capture’s David’s work and interests that I knew.  

He described himself as “a documentary photographer and writer from Manchester”, which is only part of the man.

His exhibitions were witty and thoughtful as they were eye catching.

Our conversations ranged over heaps of different subjects but often returned to history, and especially many of the events we lived through.

We also enjoyed the odd silly exchange on Facebook and looking back at the personal messages we swopped I have been reminded just how busy he was.

His wife Sara writes that he “had been ill for many years with cancer” but even at our last meeting he didn’t dwell on it.  As it was, we swapped our cancer stories and then got on with listening to the talk.

I am guessing we will all remember David in different ways

 For me it will be that mixture of irreverence, and close eye to detail that is captured by his picture of two people on a roundabout. and that Brexit march.

And I will also cherish the bits of promotional material that he would send over as an appetizer to his next project.

David’s funeral will be on March 28th at 11.30 at Manchester Crematorium.

* David Dunnico, https://daviddunnico.wordpress.com/