Friday 18 February 2011

THE POSTCARDS


Everyone from elsewhere has heard it at least once: "Why Belfast?"

We posed the question to as many people as we could find - natives, immigrants, refugees and visitors alike. Here are answers and portraits we collected from roughly 50 individuals over two nights at Common Grounds Cafe in November 2010. The postcard photo-book was launched at the Black Box Cafe in January 2011.

Click on any of the postcards below to see a larger version. Photo-books and individual postcards are available at No Alibis Bookstore and the Ormeau Baths Gallery.

Photography by Twy Miller, design by Maia Brown & Emily DeDakis, text by the participants. All images copyright Why Belfast? 2011. Any questions? Write to whybelfast@gmail.com.