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The Republican Creggan Estate in Derry
Date | 1971 |
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Location | Londonderry United Kingdom Derry City Northern Ireland |
Dimensions | Image: 12 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. (31.8 x 47.6 cm) Paper: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm) |
Print medium | Photo-Gelatin silver |
Internment, a British army policy of incarceration without trial, had begun, sweeping several thousand Catholic men into prison camps (some up to six years) for their alleged IRA sympathies. Outrage in the Catholic community led to civil disobedience, including daily marches and rent strikes. Gilles Peress
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© Gilles Peress
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Gift of the Photographer to the W. Eugene Smith Legacy Collection
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Accession No. 532.1994