Reflections on life at “De Witte Wand”…

Chris Killip Retrospective

Like me, Chris Killip was born on the Isle of Man. Unlike me, he was expelled from school at 16, but went on to make a name for himself as a world-class photographer. He died in 2020.

The Photographers’ Gallery in London opens a major retrospective of his work this coming week.

I came across this short film of him talking about his time spent taking photographs in Skinningrove, a fishing village in the Northeast of England. As a friend said to me: “one of the best talks about his own photographs that I’ve seen any photographer make… the humanity shone through”.

2 responses to “Chris Killip Retrospective”

  1. Ludwig Avatar

    Thank you for sharing this. It was most, well, enjoyable isn’t really the word, touching might be better. A wonderful video indeed.

    1. Geoff Coupe Avatar

      You might want to check out this conversation with Martin Parr. Chris was a great photographer and a decent (in the best sense) human being. https://youtu.be/BPFdiyA-J-g

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