The Maze

Title: The Maze

Photographer(s): Donovan Wylie

Writer(s): Louise Purbrick, Donovan Wylie

Designer(s): Donovan Wylie,Liz Jobey, Bernard Fischer

Publisher(s): Granta Books, London, England

Year: 2004

Print run:

Language(s): English

Pages: 112

Size: 23,5 x 29 cm

Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket

Edition:

Print: Steidl, Göttingen, Germany

Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: North Ireland, 2002-2003

ISBN: 9781862076846

For nearly thirty years, the Maze prison played a unique role in the conflict between loyalist paramilitary forces and republicans in Northern Ireland. Built in 1976 to house terrorist prisoners, the prison was the scene of violent protests, hunger strikes, mass escapes, and death. It was emptied in 1998 as part of the Good Friday Agreement. In 2002, the documentary photographer Donovan Wylie obtained exclusive permission to photograph the entire Maze prison complex. For Wylie, who grew up near the prison during the Troubles, there was a strong association between the architecture and the regime it represented.