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In Bonfires, photographer John Duncan documents the long-standing Protestant tradition of bonfire building--part of the annual July 11 celebration commemorating the defeat of James Stuart at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690--in his native Belfast. The large structures on which the fires are lit serve as a powerful assertion of Protestant identity and signal a sense of community solidarity. Duncan's photographs frame these structures against Belfast's changing urban landscape, revealing the deep divisions that, despite political progress, still affect Northern Ireland long after the cease-fires. Duncan's images reveal the expressive, jerry-rigged constructions that are lit to create the fires. They recall all manner of real and mythic architecture, from high-rise apartment buildings to military watchtowers, gun emplacements, the Empire State Building or the Tower of Babel.
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- PublisherSteidl & Partners
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 3865217265
- ISBN 13 9783865217264
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages72
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Photoworks, Steidl, and Belfast Exposed Photography, Brighton, England, Gottingen, Germany and Belfast, 2008
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First edition. Oblong hardcover. 72 pages. Essays by Colin Graham and Mary Warner Marien. A collection of 24 color photographs of bonfires built in Protestant communities in Belfast, Northern Ireland for the annual July 12 celebrations of the defeat of James Stuart at the Battle of the Boyne. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Seller Inventory # 164759
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ISBN 10: 3865217265
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. n original shrinkwrap, color photographs by John Duncan Size: 11.75 x 11.25. Seller Inventory # 029408
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