Statement by the photographer, Peter BIALOBRZESKI
"As soon as you leave the center of Belfast, you can't escape the legacy of the Irish conflict." (© Peter BIALOBRZESKI, 2017)
Background information
The City Diary photo book series is a joint publishing project between The Velvet Cell and award-winning German photographer Peter BIALOBRZESKI. Each diary, of which about two books are published per year, focuses on a single city somewhere in the world, against the backdrop of a rapidly urbanizing world. All books in the series have the same format, dimensions and number of pages. Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast suffered greatly during the violence that accompanied the partition of Ireland, and especially during the more recent conflict known as the Troubles. Belfast Diary was filmed between the 18th and 29th of 2017 and is the 14th installment of the City Diary series.
Content
The photo volume 'Belfast Diary' from the 'Diary'-photobook-series by Peter BIALOBRZESKI contains full-page color photographs depicting the cityscape in 2017, before the UK's exit from the EU and the feared consequences of Brexit for the fragile peace process in Ireland.