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1/10/2013

Chris Killip

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

An essential figure in post-war photography, since his debut in the 1970s Chris Killip has been forging a new path in documentary photography: the depiction of the working classes, in the midst of the dismantling of the industry that had created and maintained them since the beginning of the 19th century. His purpose is not to show historical experience but rather real life in Northern England between 1968 and 2004. The photography of Chris Killip (Douglas, Isle of Man, 1946) finds inspiration in the work of 1930s photographers, and at the same time it reflects the influence of the authors who transformed the genre of documentary photography following World War II. It was not until the 1980s that a new generation of photographers interested in political and social issues began to become relevant on the British photography scene. With a selection of over one hundred photographs taken between 1968 and 2004, this exhibition gives viewers a look at Killip's influential but not very well-known work, which starting in the 1960s forged a new path in documentary photography. Curator Ute Eskildsen (Image: Helen and Her hula-hoop, Lynemouth, Northumberland. Serie: Seacoal, 1984. Courtesy of the artist)

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