The Grain of the Image: A poetics of future history in some ‘new' photographs by Willie Doherty

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Alison Rowley (Senior Lecturer in History and Theory of Art, School of Art and Design, University of Ulster) talks about Doherty's recent series of photographs and explores the implications of Doherty's decision to use black-and-white photography to set up a productive resonance between the politics of Belfast's past and present built environment, raising questions about plans for the city's future.