Hate Thy Brother
A project by Gilles Peress
As one of the most significant events of “the Troubles” — an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century — because a large number of civilian citizens were killed, by forces of the state, in full view of the public and the press, Bloody Sunday was celebrated from 1972 to today by artists like John Lennon, Paul McCartney, U2, Roy Harper, Black Sabbath, Thomas Kinsella and many others. It’s an event recalled every year through memorials and marches and that still has the potential to divide Northern Ireland’s fractious politicians. Even though many soldiers never fired a shot, the cloud of anxiety still hangs heavy on their lives. Someone has suffered depression and years of worry: “we served our country and have been abandoned”.
26 people were shot by the paratroopers, 13 died on the day and another died four months later. One of these was Patrick Doherty, photographed, moments before and after he died, by French journalist Gilles Peress in the forecourt of the Rossville flats.
After his studies at the Institute d’Etudes Politiques in Paris from 1966 to 1968 and then at the University of Vincennes until 1971, Gilles soon traveled to Northern Ireland to begin an ongoing 20-year project about the Irish civil rights struggle.
Power in the Blood, a book that synthesizes his years of work in Northern Ireland, is the third part of his ongoing project called Hate Thy Brother, a cycle of documentary stories that describe intolerance and the re-emergence of nationalism in the postwar years. Here, children have once again the power to make our adult issues so puerile and ridiculous.
- IRELAND. Belfast. 1972. Kids spraying soldiers -Philip Jones Griffiths
- NORTHERN IRELAND. 1997.
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Derry / Londonderry. 30th January 1972 . A victim, Barney McGuigan, lies in a pool of blood as the shooting stops on Bloody Sunday.
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Derry / Londonderry. 30th January 1972. As the shooting starts on Bloody Sunday, people fall to the ground.
- IRELAND. Belfast. 1972. Some owners trained their dogs to be aggressive towards soldiers – Philip Jones Griffiths
- N. IRELAND. 1972. Bloody Sunday aftermath. Women mourning at burials.
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. 1972. Battle between IRA and British Army.
- NORTHERN IRELAND. 1997.
- N. IRELAND. Belfast. Anderstown. 1972. The IRA response to Bloody Sunday [the day after].
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. 1972. British troops on Lenadoon Avenue, a Catholic area.
- NORTHERN IRELAND. 1997.
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Derry. Rioters throw stones at a British armoured car. 1972.
- Londonderry. 1972 funeral of civilians killed in anti internment riots on Bloody Sunday.
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. 1972. Battle between IRA and British Army.
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Derry / Londonderry. January 30, 1972. As the situation on Bloody Sunday becomes worse, Irish men throw rocks at British paratroopers.
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Londonderry. 1972. Demonstration at Armagh. Burial of victims of Bloody Sunday.
- NORTHERN IRELAND. 1997. Catholics standoff with British troops during sectarian marches.
- N. Ireland. Londonderry. 30th January 1972. Bloody Sunday. Anguish on girl’s face spreads to the nation. Two men carrying Geraldine Richmond away.
L’ha ribloggato su Julie Patchouli.