Frank Stephens and his brother Edward Millington Stephens

Frank (left) and his brother Edward Stephens were keen amateur photographers from boyhood. Frank amassed his own collection of over 2000 glass plates which he used for his lantern lectures on topics ranging from early Christian art and Irish antiquities to the often harsh reality of life in the west of Ireland in the 1920s.
Frank graduated as a B.A. from TCD in 1908 and qualified as a solicitor, but he soon relinquished his practice. He trained as a teacher and worked in education for the rest of his career.
Edward became a barrister, pursuing