Photo Stories, 3rd prize
Henning Christoph
01 February, 1972
Scenes from 'The Troubles', the conflict between Unionists and Nationalists in Northern Ireland.
Every afternoon, in the 'Aggro Corner', the no-man's land between downtown Derry and the Bogside, nationalist youth aged 7 to 17 gather to throw stones at British Army soldiers.
Henning Christoph
Henning Christoph (Grimma, Germany, 1944) emigrated to the United States with his family in 1950. In 1960, he sold his first news photo - a picture of a fight at a soccer game - ...
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