WERNER HAUG – PHOTOGRAPHY — The past is never dead

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The past is never dead

Ireland was for centuries the testing ground of the British colonial system. The Irish Free State was established after the Irish War of Independence in 1922, but protestant Ulster was cut off and Ireland remained the poorest country in Europe.

At the end of the 1960s, the revival of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) brought back the ghosts of the past. But the Republic of Ireland was at a turning point. The Irish voters decided in 1972 to join the European Community. And it was the last summer of the Troubles.

In July, I took a journey through the Irish countryside, the capital city of Dublin, and "Free Derry" in Northern Ireland. My intention was to draw a portrait of a country that was eager to leave its past behind, despite William Faulkner's warning: "The past is never dead, it is not even past".

Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, 1972

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The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

The past is never dead

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The past is never dead – text

The past is never dead

Ireland was for centuries the testing ground of the British colonial system. The Irish Free State was established after the Irish War of Independence in 1922, but protestant Ulster was cut off and Ireland remained the poorest country in Europe.

At the end of the 1960s, the revival of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) brought back the ghosts of the past. But the Republic of Ireland was at a turning point. The Irish voters decided in 1972 to join the European Community. And it was the last summer of the Troubles.

In July, I took a journey through the Irish countryside, the capital city of Dublin, and "Free Derry" in Northern Ireland. My intention was to draw a portrait of a country that was eager to leave its past behind, despite William Faulkner's warning: "The past is never dead, it is not even past".

Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, 1972

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