Paramount pictures articles
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The story behind the powerful Rob Burrow picture that moved a nation
Rob Burrow sadly died today aged 41 after a four and a half year battle with Motor Neurone Disease
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The big picture: Robbie Lawrence’s search for the tartan spirit
The photographer’s shot of girls at the Highland Games was taken during five years visiting traditional gatheringsI’m not aware of a Highland Games prize for the neatest hair bun, but if there were one, this row of contenders would take on all-comers. The picture is included in Robbie Lawrence’s Long Walk Home, a double volume of photographs that are the result of five years of travels in Scotland and Scottish outposts in the US in search of the true tartan spirit of Highland gatherings. “Every...
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Belfast’s sectarian murals up close and less personal – in pictures
Before, during and after the 1998 Good Friday agreement, Gareth McConnell went around Belfast photographing the sectarian murals that characterise the city’s streetscapes. “The murals are everywhere, and they’re huge,” says the Northern Irish photographer and publisher. “For years now, taxi drivers have been taking people on tours of them.” McConnell photographed murals from both sides of the conflict, but focused on such small details that they are not identifiable. “I wanted to explore the...