This article is a review of an exhibition called, "A Tale of Two Cities: Belfast/Beirut," showed at the Alternative Museum; known as a venue for provocative art exhibitions with social and political content. The exhibition relies heavily on the authenticity of photographic evidence: sparsely captioned photojournalism accounts for more than half of the show. Interestingly, it is the proximity to artwork that saves the photojournalism from functioning soley as a display of the aesthetics of agony and an affirmation of the universality and timelessness of conflict.