Donovan Wylie: The Maze
by Louise Purbrick
List Price:
Our Price: $29.77
You Save: $15.23 (34%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Louise PurbrickPhotographer: Donovan Wylie
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2004-08-02
ISBN: 1862076847
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: Granta
Summary of Donovan Wylie: The Maze
For nearly 30 years, the Maze prison, 10 miles outside Belfast, played a unique role in the Northern Ireland Troubles. Built in 1976 to house terrorist prisoners, political segregation was so fierce it led to scenes of violent protests, hunger strikes, mass escapes, and deaths of both inmates and prison staff. At its peak capacity in the 1980s, the Maze housed more than 1,700 prisoners. In September 2000, under the terms of the Good Friday agreement, the prison was closed and the last four inmates were transferred to other prisons in Northern Ireland. Now, a handful of prison officers man the empty complex while the future of the site is debated. The prison's current state of limbo and the unanswered questions regarding its fate seem to reflect Northern Ireland's unsteady progress in grappling with its recent history. Last year, the Northern Ireland Prison Service gave Donovan Wylie exclusive and unprecedented permission to photograph the entire prison complex without supervision. The result is a book which not only documents the physical structure but manages to communicate some experience of the psychological impact of being inside the Maze. With a text by Louise Purbrick, Senior Lecturer in History and Design at Brighton University, and a timeline history of the prison and its prisoners as they relate to the history of the Troubles, this book records and preserves a unique physical structure that has played an important role in our recent history.Collections, Catalogues & Exhibitions Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in 2002-2008 Great Contemporary Photography/Art books (good investments!)
NudesSchirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH; Published: 2003-04-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $79.99
Donovan Wylie: The Mazeby Louise Purbrick
Granta; Published: 2004-08-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $35.60
Price in other shops:
Infernoby James Nachtwey
Phaidon Press; Published: 1999-01-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $90.51
Price in other shops:
Robert Frank: Storylinesby Ian Penman, Philip Brookman
Steidl; Published: 2004-11-02; Turtleback; Book
Best price: $109.90
Bernhard Fuchs: AutosWalther Konig; Published: 2007-03-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $255.00
Gregory Crewdson: FirefliesSkarstedt Fine Art; Published: 2007-02-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $150.00
Beneath The RosesAbrams; Published: 2008-03-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $37.80
Price in other shops:
Deconstructing Osama: The Truth About the Case of Manbaa Mokfhiby Joan Fontcuberta
Actar; Published: 2007-06-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $38.47
Price in other shops:
Drawing Restraint Volume IVJMc & GHB; Published: 2007-03-23; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $139.95
Raymond Pettibonby Unknown
CAC Malaga; Published: 2007-01-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $113.20
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Paul Shambroom: Picturing Powerby Diane Mullin, Christopher Scoates, Helena Reckitt, Dick Hebdige
Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota; Published: 2008-03-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $31.00
Price in other shops:
5x7by William Eggleston (Photographer)
Twin Palms Publishers; Published: 2007-01-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $125.00
The Parkby Kohei Yoshiyuki
Hatje Cantz/Yossi Milo; Published: 2007-12-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $42.48
Price in other shops:
The AmericansSteidl/National Gallery of Art, Washington; Published: 2008-06-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $23.97
Price in other shops:
MeetingsChris Boot; Published: 2004-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $29.40
Price in other shops:
Dog Days BogotaSteidl; Published: 2007-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $62.50
Sleeping by the MississippiSteidl; Published: 2008-06-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $40.95
Price in other shops:
Beneath The RosesAbrams; Published: 2008-03-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $33.81
Price in other shops:
Saul LeiterSteidl & Partners; Published: 2008-03-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $53.75
A Road Trip Journalby Stephen Shore
Phaidon Press Inc.; Published: 2008-06-25; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $199.95
Price in other shops: