A selection from his portfolio “Flashpoints,” including conflicts in Northern Ireland, Iran, Rwanda, and Bosnia from the 1970s through the ’90s.

Women in the courtyard of the main mosque. Quon, Iran, 1979. Credit: Gilles Peress
Bottom of William Street one minute before the British First Parachute Regiment opened fire, killing 13 civilians—an event now known as Bloody Sunday. Derry, Ireland, 1972. Credit: Gilles Peress
Bosnian Muslim refugees from Banja Luca arriving at a dispatching center. Travnik, Bosnia, 1993. Credit: Gilles Peress