This picture was taken in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in 1975: Leical M2 (film) equipped with a dual range 50mm F2 Summicron This picture, from 1975 (which won first prize in the only - minor - competition it has ever been submitted to) was taken under dangerous conditions. The previous week the IRA had set off a bomb in a hotel where journalists were staying and cameras made people edgy. The photographer who was travelling in the Republic of Ireland wanted to take one picture that would symbolize all of the conflict - an iconic picture - and he was actually confident that he could do so. He had no press card and there was a risk that he'd be taken for an army or an urban guerilla group photographer, but he was young and foolish. He crossed the border into Londonderry, wandered the streets for 4 hours, found his picture and left the country. He considers this probably the best picture taken in the pre-digital era.