SIGNED; Chris Killip - Portraits - 2018

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GREAT OPPORTUNITY to purchase this FANTASTIC TITLE by Chris Killip (1946-2020) -
SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.

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PORTRAITS 1970–89
“Making a portrait fills me with a certain amount of dread. It’s the impertinence of what you are about to do in reducing a human being into one fixed moment. You think about the subject’s complexity (knowing them makes this worse) and the predetermined limitations that surround any attempt at portraiture. Then you convince yourself that you have to try, and you go ahead. This brief moment between you and the person in front of you is based on their trust in your intent.”
- Chris Killip -

One of a set of four tabloid-sized, newsprint zines co-published in 2018 by Chris Killip and Pony Ltd.

VERY FRESH CONDITION.

Chris Killip became famous through "In Flagrante", Martin Secker and Warburg, London, 1988; Martin Parr, The Photobook vol 2, page 299. 802 photo books from the M. + M. Auer collection, page 675.

"Born in Douglas, Isle of Man in 1946, Chris Killip left school at age sixteen and joined the only four star hotel on the Isle of Man as a trainee hotel manager. In June 1964 he decided to pursue photography full time. He worked as a freelance assistant for various photographers in London from 1966-69. In 1969, after seeing his very first exhibition of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, he decided to return to photograph in the Isle of Man. On a return visit to the USA in 1971, Lee Witkin, the New York gallery owner, commissioned a limited edition portfolio of the Isle of Man work. In 1972 he received a commission from The Arts Council of Great Britain to photograph Huddersfield and Bury St Edmunds for the exhibition Two Views — Two Cities. In 1975, he moved to live in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on a two year fellowship as the Northern Arts Photography Fellow. He was a founding member, exhibition curator and advisor of Side Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as well as its director, from 1977-9. He continued to live in Newcastle and photographed throughout the North East of England. In 1989 he was commissioned by Pirelli UK to photograph the workforce at their tyre factory in Burton-on-Trent. In 1989 he received the Henri Cartier Bresson Award and in 1991 was invited to be a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University. In 1994 he was made a tenured professor and was department chair from 1994-98. He retired from Harvard in December 2017 and continues to live in the USA."
(from the publisher)

Chris Killipwork is featured in the permanent collections of major institutions such as the 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.

Pony Limited, London. 2018. First edition, first printing.

Softcover (loose-leaf, high-quality tabloid, 100gsm uncoated paper). 289 x 380 mm. 32 pages. Text in English.

Condition:
Inside new, mint, unread. Outside spine and rear side perfect; front very fresh, with two stains at the top right corner of the front cover, otherwise like new. Overall fine condition.

Great photo publication by Chris Killip in very fresh condition - signed by the artist.