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"Northern Ireland will have to leave the European Union due to UK’s 'Brexit' although a majority of its citizens voted to remain.
After more than 30 years of conflict during the so called 'Troubles' a fundamental condition of the 1998 Peace Agreement was the open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
This frontier will become an external border of the European Union after 'Brexit' again. There is a serious concern that such a hard border is very likely to threaten the Peace Process in the country.
Toby BINDER's photo series accompanies teenagers in six different Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods, providing an intimate and immediate insight into the daily lives of a whole generation.
It depicts the ubiquity of unemployment, drug crime, and violence afflicting Belfast’s youth, whether they live on one side of the 'Peace Wall' or the other." (publisher's note, © Kehrer, 2019)
"If I had been born at the top of my street, behind the corrugated-iron border, I would have been British. Incredible to think.
My whole idea of myself, the attachments made to a culture, heritage, religion, nationalism and politics are all an accident of birth. I was one street away from being born my ‘enemy." (Paul McVeigh)
About the photographer, Toby BINDER (* 1977 in Esslingen):
Toby BINDER studied at the Stuttgart Academy of Art and Design. Soon he focused his photography on social and political topics.
Based in Argentina and Germany he works on assignments and personal projects where he finds his topics in post-war and crisis situations as well as in the daily life of the people.
His work has been awarded and nominated internationally, e.g. for the Sony-World-Photo-Awards and the Nannen-Preis in 2017.
The same year he received an Honorable Mention at the UNICEF Photo of the Year.
He is member of Anzenberger Agency and represented by fotogloria.
After more than 30 years of conflict during the so called 'Troubles' a fundamental condition of the 1998 Peace Agreement was the open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
This frontier will become an external border of the European Union after 'Brexit' again. There is a serious concern that such a hard border is very likely to threaten the Peace Process in the country.
Toby BINDER's photo series accompanies teenagers in six different Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods, providing an intimate and immediate insight into the daily lives of a whole generation.
It depicts the ubiquity of unemployment, drug crime, and violence afflicting Belfast’s youth, whether they live on one side of the 'Peace Wall' or the other." (publisher's note, © Kehrer, 2019)
"If I had been born at the top of my street, behind the corrugated-iron border, I would have been British. Incredible to think.
My whole idea of myself, the attachments made to a culture, heritage, religion, nationalism and politics are all an accident of birth. I was one street away from being born my ‘enemy." (Paul McVeigh)
About the photographer, Toby BINDER (* 1977 in Esslingen):
Toby BINDER studied at the Stuttgart Academy of Art and Design. Soon he focused his photography on social and political topics.
Based in Argentina and Germany he works on assignments and personal projects where he finds his topics in post-war and crisis situations as well as in the daily life of the people.
His work has been awarded and nominated internationally, e.g. for the Sony-World-Photo-Awards and the Nannen-Preis in 2017.
The same year he received an Honorable Mention at the UNICEF Photo of the Year.
He is member of Anzenberger Agency and represented by fotogloria.
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Paul McVeigh
- Book design
- Birthe STEINBECK
- Format
- HC, 24 x 17,5 x 2 cm., 120 pp., 87 duotone b/w ills., text language: English