Chris Killip: 1946-2020

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The book: Pirelli Work. Account of the photography: Killip, "What Happened", Pirelli Work, pp.62–63. Chris didn’t value hierarchy, or wealth, or that particular kind of intelligence,” explains Johnson. “The things he valued were just, ‘Are you meeting me in this moment? Are we sharing ourselves with each other?’” Of all Chris Killip’s (1946–2020) bodies of work, the photographs he made between 1982 and 1984 in the village of Skinningrove on the North-East coast of England are perhaps his most intimate and encompassing―of the community he photographed and of himself. “Like a lot of tight-knit fishing communities, it could be hostile to strangers, especially one with a camera,” Killip recalled, “Skinningrove fishermen believed that the sea in front of them was their private territory, theirs alone.”

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While living and working on Tyneside, he produced his acclaimed series, In Flagrante, which captured industry - especially shipbuilding - and local communities on the cusp of decline.Now Then: Chris Killip and the Making of In Flagrante", J. Paul Getty Museum. Accessed 19 October 2020. After his appointment to a post at Harvard, Killip lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the rest of his life, in 2000 marrying Mary Halpenny, who also worked at Harvard. [1] Publications [ edit ] Books of works by Killip [ edit ] Photobooks by Killip (flanked by irrelevant Pelicans) The following year Arbeit/Work was published to coincide with a major retrospective of his work at Museum Folkwang, Essen. It was an honour not granted to him in his lifetime in Britain. The week before his death, he was awarded the Dr Erich Salomon lifetime achievement award for his services to the medium.

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Killip died on 13 October 2020 from lung cancer. [1] He was 74. [5] Exhibitions [ edit ] Solo [ edit ] Chris said: "I was invited over, and they said 'try it for a year, and see if you like it', and I ended up staying in the job for nearly 30 years." a b c d e f O'Hagan, Sean (16 October 2020). "Chris Killip obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 17 October 2020. I carried that film around like it was gold. Then, when I finally got it developed, I was like, ‘What? What was he thinking?!’” she laughs. “There was no iconic photo I could print and say, ‘This is our wedding.’ It was people talking, people caught biting into food. In Flagrante Two. Göttingen: Steidl, 2016. ISBN 978-3-86930-960-6. A second, larger-format edition of the photographs constituting the 1988 book, with two extra photographs. [n 6]

a b c "Chris Killip: 'Remarkable' photographer dies aged 74". BBC News. 14 October 2020 . Retrieved 15 October 2020. Now Then" is the standard greeting in Skinningrove; a challenging substitute for the more usual, "Hello". The place had a definite 'edge' and it took time for this stranger to be tolerated. My greatest ally in gaining acceptance was 'Leso' (Leslie Holliday), the most outgoing of the younger fishermen. Leso and I never talked about what I was doing there. but when someone questioned my presence, he would intercede and vouch for me with, 'He's OK'. This simple endorsement was enough. Justin Carville, "Chris Killip", Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Photography, ed. Lynne Warren (New York: Routledge, 2006; ISBN 1-57958-393-8). O'Hagan, Sean (26 November 2012). "Deutsche Börse 2013 – a shortlist that's short of photographers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 14 October 2020.