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Book - The Troubles 

Chris Steele-Perkins 

In 1978, photographer Chris Steele-Perkins visited Northern Ireland as part of the Exit Group, three photographers who were documenting the current state of poverty in Britain’s crumbling inner cities.

Arriving in Belfast, his visit was at a time of immense internal stress for the country. Civil war had broken out between Catholic nationalists and Protestant loyalists, exacerbated by the partisan Royal Ulster Constabulary who were supported by the presence of a considerable detachment of British Army troops from mainland Britain.

Steele-Perkins decided to photograph how life was lived in its... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic area. Youth with a stone... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

NORTHERN IRELAND. BELFAST. British soldier at security check... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. West Belfast. Group of kids in Divis flats.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic area. Local bar. 1978.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. Catholic area. Kids watching and waiting.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. Catholic area. Youths learning building... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic area. Kids with ball... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. Catholic area. Family with religious... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. Catholic area. Kids learning martial... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. Catholic area. Kids learning martial... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. Irish musiic in a local bar. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic area. Family lunch.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. Poor family short on furniture. 1978.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

N.IRELAND. Belfast. Pensioner. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. Catholic West Belfast. Falls Road.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1979

G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. Street scene in Catholic West... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1990

Northern Ireland. Belfast. 1990. Anne, Sinead and Aisling. Family... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. Catholic over crowding. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1979

NORTHERN IRELAND. West Belfast, boy jumping from a wall. 1979.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. Catholic graffitti. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1988

NORTHERN IRELAND. Milltown Cemetery, West Belfast. 1988. Mourners... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1988

NORTHERN IRELAND. Milltown Cemetery, West Belfast. 1988. Mourners... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1988

NORTHERN IRELAND. Milltown Cemetery, West Belfast. 1988. Mourners... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1988

NORTHERN IRELAND. Milltown Cemetery, West Belfast. 1988. Mourners,... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1988

NORTHERN IRELAND. Milltown Cemetery, West Belfast. 1988. Mourners... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

GB. NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. Identification with the Provos... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Provo's OK. Children Playing. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. West Belfast. Kids playing in abandoned... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

NORTHERN IRELAND. West Belfast. Collecting scrap from old houses.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Children Playing. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2008

GB. Northern Ireland. Belfast Revisited. Adaline Shannon at the... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2008

GB. Northern Ireland. Belfast Revisited. McCabe Family at their... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2008

GB. Northern Ireland. Belfast Revisited. Sean Walsh at Horn Drive,... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2008

GB. Northern Ireland. Belfast Revisited. Danny Largie (centre)... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

GB. NORTHERN IRELAND. West Belfast. Outside Divis Flats. 1978.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Children Playing. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic area. Preparing a bonfire... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. Children Playing and smoking. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. West Belfast. Poor Catholic family eating... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. Barricade on Falls Road. 1978.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. Stoning RUC vehicle on Falls... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. On the Falls road. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1979

G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. West Belfast. Street party. 1979. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. Kids getting in the picture. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic area. Family living... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic area. Women protesting... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. Protest against bad treatment... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic area. Republican Funeral.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic area. Republican Funeral.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Belfast. The Wolfhound. Tradition music and... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic area. Kids collecting... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. Marching band. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. Derry. Marching band. 1978. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic Family living in Divis... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1979

NORTHERN IRELAND. BELFAST. Divis Flats. 1979. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic area. British troops... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1979

NORTHERN IRELAND. BELFAST. RUC after an incident. 1979. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

Northern Ireland. West Belfast. Catholic area. Kids building... 
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