INDEPENDENCE ON THE SKIN by Erik Messori
Jimmy (46) - Belfast - The struggle of the women in the Armagh jail, a representation of his mother before jail, and how frail she was when she was released two years later. Been to jail twice, injured three times during the riots in the 90s. © Erik Messori The Red Barn Gallery is pleased to announce Independence On The Skin with Italian photographer and co-founder of the collettive CAPTA , Erik Messori: Occupation, nationalism, and struggles with identity plague our world’s history. In Ireland in particular, hundreds of years of British rule - which is argued to be the longest war of occupation in the world - has produced generation after generation of independent-minded Irish who have fought for their national identity. Their names are related to infamous organisations, such as the IRA and other pro-independence organizations. Even if there is a treaty of truce, these women and men remain in the fight to achieve their dream of independence. Their tattoos tell the...