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For nearly 30 years, the Maze prison, ten miles outside Belfast, played a unique role in the Northern Ireland Troubles. Built in 1976 to house terrorist prisoners, political segregation was so fierce it led to scenes of violent protests, hunger strikes, mass escapes and deaths of both inmates and prison staff. At its peak capacity in the 1980s, the Maze housed more than 1,700 prisoners. In September 2000, under the terms of the Good Friday agreement, the prison was closed and the last four inmates were transferred to other prisons in Northern Ireland. Now, a handful of prison officers man the empty complex while the future of the site is debated. The prison's current state of limbo and the unanswered questions regarding its fate seem to reflect Northern Ireland's unsteady progress in grappling with its recent history. Last year, the Northern Ireland Prison Service gave Donovan Wylie exclusive and unprecedented permission to photograph the entire prison complex without supervision. The result is a book which not only documents the physical structure but manages to communicate some experience of the psychological impact of being inside the Maze. With a text by Louise Purbrick, Senior Lecturer in History and Design at Brighton University, and a timeline history of the prison and its prisoners as they relate to the history of the Troubles, this book records and preserves a unique physical structure that has played an important role in our recent history.
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Donovan Wylie is a photographer and filmmaker. His books include The Dispossessed, 1990, Notes from Moscow, 1994, and Losing Ground, 1998. In 2002 he won a BAFTA award for his television documentary on religion in the former Soviet Union, The Train. He is a member of Magnum Photographers.
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- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1862076847
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Book Description Tapa Dura. Condition: New. Entre 2002 y 2003, Donovan Wylie pasó casi cien días fotografiando el interior de la prisión de Maze. A través de su historia de protestas, huelgas de hambre y fugas, esta prisión, que alberga tanto a presos republicanos como leales, se convirtió en sinónimo del conflicto de Irlanda del Norte. Después del acuerdo de paz de Belfast en 1998, los reclusos fueron liberados gradualmente, pero el Laberinto permaneció abierto. Wylie era entonces el único fotógrafo al que se le concedió acceso oficial e ilimitado al sitio, cuando comenzó la demolición de la prisión, que simbolizaba el final del conflicto en 2007. Grabó sistemáticamente su desaparición. Las fotografías que documentan este período se dividen en cuatro secciones, cada una de las cuales representa una ?capa? de la prisión: los muros internos, los distintos tipos de cercado, los bloques en H y, finalmente, los muros perimetrales, que revelan el paisaje externo. Eventualmente, este espacio una vez cerrado se reintegra con el mundo exterior. Book, Buch, Libro, Livre, Libro. No. Seller Inventory # b07d1818-0525-5a43-d1a8-418222524fce
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. The Maze Published by Granta, London 2004 Hardcover New For nearly 30 years, the Maze prison, 10 miles outside Belfast, played a unique role in the Northern Ireland Troubles. Built in 1976 to house terrorist prisoners, political segregation was so fierce it led to scenes of violent protests, hunger strikes, mass escapes, and deaths of both inmates and prison staff. At its peak capacity in the 1980s, the Maze housed more than 1,700 prisoners. In September 2000, under the terms of the Good Friday agreement, the prison was closed and the last four inmates were transferred to other prisons in Northern Ireland. Now, a handful of prison officers man the empty complex while the future of the site is debated. The prison's current state of limbo and the unanswered questions regarding its fate seem to reflect Northern Ireland's unsteady progress in grappling with its recent history. Last year, the Northern Ireland Prison Service gave Donovan Wylie exclusive and unprecedented permission to photograph the entire prison complex without supervision. The result is a book which not only documents the physical structure but manages to communicate some experience of the psychological impact of being inside the Maze. With a text by Louise Purbrick, Senior Lecturer in History and Design at Brighton University, and a timeline history of the prison and its prisoners as they relate to the history of the Troubles, this book records and preserves a unique physical structure that has played an important role in our recent history. Photographs by Donovan Wylie. Essay by Louise Purbrick. Granta, London, 2004. 112 pp., 60 color illustrations, 11 x 9. Seller Inventory # 2248
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