Belfast, chasing after the past

UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 6 July 2013 | Views [1175] | View Smaller Image

Belfast, Twadell street, 12th of July. In Belfast on the Twelfth there are always demonstration and clashes between Catholic and Protestants, especially in the poorest neighbourood like the one pictured. Here residents of Twadeel protest against the march of the Catolich residents from Ardoyne.

Belfast, 12th of July
Short Strend is a Catholic enclave in East Belfast, surrounded by the mainly Protestant and unionist neighborhood, from which it is separated by the so called peacewall, a metal barrier 6-7 meters high. Even though many years have passed since the 'Troubles' there objects are thrown from each side to others and sometimes there are aggressions.
What drove my attention was the connection between the blue eyes of the doll on the peacewall and the blue container. A second later I noticed the barbed wire and the profile of a distant bird.

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Belfast, chasing after the past

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