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"Wee Muckers: Youth of Belfast" is a collection of works by German photographer Toby Binder (1977-). Binder, who documents the lives of people in conflict zones and on the social margins from a long-term perspective, is a photographer highly regarded for his intimate documentaries born from trusting relationships with his subjects, rather than sensational reporting. In this book, set in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the armed conflict ended with the 1998 Belfast Agreement but the separation wall known as the "Peace Wall" still remains, he observes the daily lives of young people living in a total of six areas, both Protestant and Catholic. Against the backdrop of an era in which border issues have once again come into focus due to Brexit, this work depicts not politics, but the reality of children growing up in the gap between them. Despite facing social problems such as unemployment, drugs, and violence, their earnest efforts to live friendships, play, and time with family are surprisingly common across religious differences. Published by the German photography publisher Kehrer Verlag, this book is an excellent documentary photography collection that quietly records the history, division, and hope facing contemporary Europe.