MAZE - Donovan Wylie
Between 2002 and 2003, Donovan Wylie spent almost a hundred days photographing the inside of Maze prison. With its history of protests, hunger strikes and escapes, this prison, which houses both republican and loyalist prisoners, has become synonymous with the Northern Ireland conflict. After the Belfast Peace Agreement in 1998, the prisoners were gradually released, but Maze prison remained open.
Wylie was the only photographer with official, unlimited access to the site when the demolition of the prison began, symbolizing the end of the conflict in 2007. He systematically recorded its disappearance. The photographs documenting this period are divided into four sections, each representing a "layer" of the prison: the interior walls, the various types of enclosure, the H-blocks and, finally, the perimeter walls, which reveal the exterior landscape. Finally, this once-enclosed space is reintegrated into the outside world.
Published by Steidl, 2009
29.5 x 23.5 cm
ISBN 978-3-86521-907-7
Between 2002 and 2003, Donovan Wylie spent almost a hundred days photographing the inside of Maze prison. With its history of protests, hunger strikes and escapes, this prison, which houses both republican and loyalist prisoners, has become synonymous with the Northern Ireland conflict. After the Belfast Peace Agreement in 1998, the prisoners were gradually released, but Maze prison remained open.
Wylie was the only photographer with official, unlimited access to the site when the demolition of the prison began, symbolizing the end of the conflict in 2007. He systematically recorded its disappearance. The photographs documenting this period are divided into four sections, each representing a "layer" of the prison: the interior walls, the various types of enclosure, the H-blocks and, finally, the perimeter walls, which reveal the exterior landscape. Finally, this once-enclosed space is reintegrated into the outside world.
Published by Steidl, 2009
29.5 x 23.5 cm
ISBN 978-3-86521-907-7
Between 2002 and 2003, Donovan Wylie spent almost a hundred days photographing the inside of Maze prison. With its history of protests, hunger strikes and escapes, this prison, which houses both republican and loyalist prisoners, has become synonymous with the Northern Ireland conflict. After the Belfast Peace Agreement in 1998, the prisoners were gradually released, but Maze prison remained open.
Wylie was the only photographer with official, unlimited access to the site when the demolition of the prison began, symbolizing the end of the conflict in 2007. He systematically recorded its disappearance. The photographs documenting this period are divided into four sections, each representing a "layer" of the prison: the interior walls, the various types of enclosure, the H-blocks and, finally, the perimeter walls, which reveal the exterior landscape. Finally, this once-enclosed space is reintegrated into the outside world.
Published by Steidl, 2009
29.5 x 23.5 cm
ISBN 978-3-86521-907-7
