內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介:In Bonfires, photographer John Duncan documents the long-standing Protestant tradition of bonfire building—part of the annual July 11 celebration commemorating the defeat of James Stuart at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690—in his native Belfast. The large structures on which the fires are lit serve as a powerful assertion of Protestant identity and signal a sense of community solidarity. Duncan's photographs frame these structures against Belfast's changing urban landscape, revealing the deep divisions that, despite political progress, still affect Northern Ireland long after the cease-fires. Duncan's images reveal the expressive, jerry-rigged constructions that are lit to create the ...