Chris killip

British photographer Chris Killip captured the ravages of de-industrialization in northern England in the '70s and '80s. He discusses the stories behind his stark images.

Chris Killip is remembered as one of Britain’s most influential post-war documentarians, working across the north of England in the 1970s and 1980s.

“In Flagrante means ‘caught in the act,’ and that’s what my pictures are.”

Lucy Davies looks at Killip's seminal photographs of industrial decline in the North East

A retrospective of work by one of the UK's most influential post-War photographers opens in London

In 2016, Matthew Killip discovered a box of contact sheets at his father’s studio documenting 80s punk venue, The Station. Here, the father and son chat about this serendipitous recovery.

Chris Killip. Youth on a Wall, Jarrow, Tyneside. 1976. Gelatin silver print, printed 2010. 15 13/16 × 20" (40.2 × 50.8 cm). Anonymous gift. 435.2011. © 2024 Chris Killip. Photography

Chris Killip’s photographs of shipbuilding on Tyneside show us hulking ships and industrial cranes as backdrops to everyday life in Wallsend and South Shields. The ship Tyne Pride, which he photographed in 1975, was the biggest ship ever built on the river, but also one of the last. “Even then I had a sense … Continue reading "Tyne Pride and Fall: Chris Killip’s Photographs Of Britain’s Vanished Industrial Heartlands"

“Shop fronts, Huddersfield in 1974 by Chris Killip.”