Akihiko Okamura’s work during the conflict in the North from 1960s through to 1980s is on display to public in a new exhibition
Street memorial on Lecky Road, Derry city, marking the site where Desmond Beattie was shot and killed on July 8th, 1971, by the British army. Seamus Cusack was shot dead near this spot about 12 hours later. They were the first people shot dead by the British army in Derry. Photograph: Estate of Akihiko Okamura
The Memories of Others exhibition, which opens on Thursday, consists of Okamura’s photographs, a documentary film and the first publication of his work in Ireland. Men work on the preparations for the Twelfth of July celebrations in the Fountain area of Derry in 1969.British soldiers in riot gear during a protest on the Creggan estate in Derry city in 1970.British soldiers res at a wall on Divis Street, west Belfast around 1969.A woman stands at a British army barricade on King Street in Belfast around 1970.
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