1973 Photo Contest, Photo Stories, 3rd prize
Photographer

Henning Christoph

01 February, 1972

Scenes from 'The Troubles', the conflict between Unionists and Nationalists in Northern Ireland. Children build a barricade to attract British troops.

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.

About the photographer

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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