In West Belfast 1979, Syd Shelton documents the Catholic communities of West Belfast during the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
“I went to West Belfast because I wanted to photograph the humanity of the people who were vilified in England amidst ‘The Troubles’. Other photographers were doing amazing coverage of ’The Troubles’ but I was looking with a different eye. What I found was almost autobiographical as I felt transported back to the streets I was brought up in the north of England 30 years earlier.”
– Syd Shelton
For More of an idea of what Belfast was like in the 1970s, you can watch the TV show Belfast – No Way Out:
You can buy a great photozine of West Belfast, 1979 at Cafe Royal.
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