Fine Print: A burning building crumbles. Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1972 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) their elongated shadows stretching beside

their elongated shadows stretching beside them in sharp relief

“During May 1968 I was on constant alert

he became the first contract photographer for The Observer newspaper

and gained unique access to their lives

They came looking for work in the vegetable fields and fruit orchards of Lambton

Fine Print: A burning building crumbles. Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1972 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) their elongated shadows stretching besideThe thirty year civil war a chaotic period known as The Troubles officially began in 1968 but the bubbling violence which marked it was laden with deep rooted divisions. Indeed, the conflict could be said to have begun 800 years prior, when the Normans first invaded Ireland and heralded centuries of direct English rule. Abbas went there to photograph it, capturing both the conflict and the broader background of what was going on. Said Abbas: "The war