Fine Print: A burning building crumbles. Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1972 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) still life

still life

The contradiction

“During May 1968 I was on constant alert

and gained unique access to their lives

Fine Print: A burning building crumbles. Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1972 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) still lifeThe thirty year civil war a chaotic period known as The Troubles officially began in 1968 but the bubbling violence which marked it was laden with deep rooted divisions. Indeed, the conflict could be said to have begun 800 years prior, when the Normans first invaded Ireland and heralded centuries of direct English rule. Abbas went there to photograph it, capturing both the conflict and the broader background of what was going on. Said Abbas: "The war