IAN BERRY (british, b. 1934) YOUTH CLIMBS PROTECTIVE WIRING...

IAN BERRY
(british, b. 1934)
YOUTH CLIMBS PROTECTIVE WIRING WITH BLACK FLAG, NORTHERN IRELAND, 1981
1981. Printed blurb, number codes in ink and pencil, and circular red sticker on verso. Gelatin silver print.
Image: 5 3/4 in. x 8 1/2 (14.6 x 21.6cm).
Sheet: 7 x 9 1/2 in. (17.8 x 24.1cm).

Ian Berry joined Magnum Photos, a cooperative of documentary photographers, in 1962. This photograph was taken during the week of Bobby Sands's death. Sands was a Provisional IRA member, Member of Parliament, and leader of hundreds of prisoners in the Maze Prison, Belfast, where he died following a 66-day hunger strike.