The definitive, full-career retrospective of the life and work of Chris Killip (1946-2020), one of the UK-s most important and influential post-war documentary photographers. `I didn-t set out to be the photographer of the English de-Industrial Revolution. It happened all around me during the time I was photographing- Chris Killip, 2019 Grounded in sustained immersion and participation in the communities he photographed, Chris Killip-s keenly observed work chronicled ordinary people-s lives in stark, yet sympathetic, detail. His photographs are recognized as some of the most important visual records of 1980s Britain; as editor of this book Ken Grant reflects, they tell the story of those who `had history -done to them-, who felt its malicious disregard and yet, like the photographer with whom they shared so much of their lives, refused to yield or look away.- Published to coincide with the first full retrospective of Killip-s life and work at the Photographers- Gallery, London, this bo
