Chris Killip: Retrospective for influential British photographer
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A retrospective of work by one of the UK's most important and influential post-War photographers, Chris Killip, has opened in London.
Killip was best known for documenting the lives of working-class people in post-industrial north-east England, marginalised communities and disappearing ways of life.
Girls Playing in the street, Wallsend, Tyneside,1976
Born on the Isle of Man, in 1946, Killip became a beach photographer in 1964, before working as an assistant in Chelsea.
In the late 1970s, he co-founded Newcastle-upon-Tyne's Side Gallery, dedicated to photography.
Outside Redheads Shipyard, South Shields, Tyneside, 1976
Torso, Pelaw, Gateshead, Tyneside, 1978
Family on a Sunday walk, Skinningrove, 1982
His stark but sympathetic observation focused attention on issues and communities often neglected or hidden.
In his series Seacoal, he photographed men on horse-driven carts reclaiming coal discarded into the sea from a nearby mine.
Gordon in the water, Seacoal Beach, Lynemouth, 1983
Unidentified man and Brian Laidler, Seacoal Beach, Lynemouth, January, 1984
Boo' on a horse, Seacoal Camp, Lynemouth, Northumbria, 1984
Cookie in the snow, Seacoal Camp, Lynemouth, Northumbria, 1984
A book to accompany the exhibition draws on thousands of images, showcasing Killip's most influential as well as the lesser known works.
Youth on wall, Jarrow, Tyneside, 1975
The Station, Gateshead, 1985
Bever, Skinningrove, N. Yorkshire, 1983
Lawrence & Judith Quillam, Ballayock, Earystane, 1973
All images copyright Chris Killip Photography Trust/Magnum Photos
Chris Killip runs at The Photographers' Gallery until 19 February. The accompanying book is published by Thames & Hudson.