Background information
"A highly anticipated retrospective of the life and work of Chris KILLIP, one of the leading and most influential photographers to emerge from the United Kingdom over the last century. Known for his urgent, unvarnished, and empathetic images of British working-class communities in the 1970s and 1980s, he eventually moved to the United States, where he taught photography at Harvard University for more than twenty-five years.
Content
This photographic volume, published in connection with a major exhibition at London includes the most important images from throughout extraordinary career of Chris KILLIP. Including previously unpublished illustrations and ephemera as well as photographs spanning his entire life with texts by Ken GRANT, Amanda Maddox, Gregory HALPERN, and Lynsey Hanley, this exquisite collection sheds new light on an astonishing talent." (© Thames & Hudson, 2023)