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Chris Killip

1946–2020

Truck tire builder 1989–90
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Biography

Christopher David Killip (11 July 1946 – 13 October 2020) was a Manx photographer who worked at Harvard University from 1991 to 2017, as a Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies. Killip is known for his black and white images of people and places especially of Tyneside during the 1980s.

Killip received the Henri Cartier-Bresson Award (for In Flagrante) and was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. He exhibited all over the world, wrote extensively, appeared on radio and television, and curated many exhibitions.

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  • Process worker

    Chris Killip
    1989–90
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  • Process worker

    Chris Killip
    1989–90
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  • Tire builder coming of a shift

    Chris Killip
    1989–90
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  • Tire inspector

    Chris Killip
    1989–90
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  • Truck tire builder

    Chris Killip
    1989–90
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  • Car tire builder

    Chris Killip
    1989–90
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  • The road at Ballakilpheric

    Chris Killip
    1970–3, printed 2012–13
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  • The Sloc from Ballarock Farm

    Chris Killip
    1970–3, printed 2012–13
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