Arbeit / Work showcases Chris Killip’s photography from 1969 to 2005, and is a retrospective of a photographer who has influenced an entire generation of younger documentary photographers. Arbeit / Work presents several of Killip’s long- term projects, primarily in North England, which explore the working and living conditions of people through portraits as well as images of landscapes and architecture. This comprehensive publication, with an extended essay by David Campany, includes many previously unseen works.
Chris Killip, born on the Isle of Man in 1946, is a Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University where he has taught since 1991. His works are held in the permanent collections of, among others: Museum of Modern Art, New York; George Eastman House; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; Museum Folkwang, Essen; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. His books include In Flagrante (1988), Pirelli Work (2007), and Here Comes Everybody (2009).
Arbeit / Work
Chris Killip
Steidl, March 2012
136 pages
ISBN: 978-3-86930-457-1
Price
UK £38.00
US $68.00
EC €48.00
