Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: CHRISTOPH, Henning
Event Date: 1979-03-11
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004353

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, typed label: 7351//26 / eastern Belgium…March 11, 1979…In Fouron-le-Comte’s / Gravenvoeren (even the name is dived into a French and / Flemish portion), a Walloon demonstrator curses at two Flem- / ish policemen. The town, which is officially part of Flanders / despite its French speaking majority, has been the scene of / many clashes between Belgian’s two rival cultural groups, / the Walloons and the Flemings; stamped: [copyright] / HENNING CHRISTOPH / Kortumstr. 61 / 4300 Essen 1 – Germany / (0201) 79 80 89 / Volksbank Essen 395 070 / Postcheckkonto Essen 1066 29-438; stamped label: [star shape] / Credit: [copyright] 1979 / Henning Christoph [name handwritten] / from BLACK STAR; typed label: [German inscription]; handwritten: 7351//26

Tagasauris Keywords: 5 or more people; Belgium; Black-and-white; Day; Demonstration; Flag; Flemish Movement; Helmet; Horse; Military Police; Nationalism; Outdoors
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BELGIUM / FLEMISH NATIONALIST DEMONSTRATION
Retouching: N