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.2005.004370

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, typed label: 7349//33 / eastern Belgium…March 11, 1979… In Fouron-le-Comte’s / -Gravenvoeren (even the name is divided into a French and / Flemish portion), Walloons demonstrate against the fact that / the town, which has a French-speaking majority, has been / incorporated into Flanders. The banners advises the “Menapiens” / (an insulting term for Flemings) to watch out for their dogs, / an allusion to the Flemish police. [sic]; 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] 1981 / Henning Christoph [name handwritten] / from BLACK STAR; typed label: [German inscription]; handwritten: 7349//33

Tagasauris Keywords: 5 or more people; Belgium; Black-n-White; City; Day; Demonstration; Face; Flemish Movement; Flemish Movement; France; French Language; Male; Outdoors; Protest; Smile; Social group
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BELGIUM / FLEMISH NATIONALIST DEMONSTRATION
Retouching: N