People in trouble laughing pushed to the ground. Soldiers leaning, pointing, reaching. Woman sweeping. Balloons escaping. Coffin descending. Boys standing. Grieving. Chair balancing. Children smoking. Embracing. Creatures barking. Cars burning. Helicopters hovering. Faces. Human figures. Shapes. Birds. Structures left standing and falling... The Belfast Exposed Archive occupies a small room on the first floor at 23 Donegal Street and contains over 14,000 black-and-white contact sheets, documenting the Troubles in Northern Ireland. These are photographs taken by professional photo-journalists and 'civilian' photographers, chronicling protests, funerals and acts of terrorism as well as the more ordinary stuff of life: drinking tea; kissing girls; watching trains.

10年以上に渡ってパートナーとして様々な企画・編集・出版を行っているOliver ChanarinとAdam Broombergによる作品集。北アイルランドにあるフォトギャラリー「Belfast Exposed」に保管されている、同国内での事故や騒ぎの模様をドキュメントした14,000以上に及ぶモノクロイメージから編集されている。
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